Research Article

Transcriptional Activity of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Table 1

Sequences of degenerated primers used for RT-PCR.

FamilyGeneForwardReverse

HERV-Egag 5′-CATCAACCTACTTGGGATTGTCARCA-3′5′-CAATGACCTTTTTCTTTACAGTAGGCRCA-3′
HERV-H gag 5′-CTTTTATTACCCAATCTGCTCCCGAYAT-3′5′-TTTAGTGGTGGACAGTCTCTTTTCCARTG-3′
HERV-Wpol 5′-GGCCAGGCATCAGCCCAAGACTTG-3′5′-CTTTAGGGCCTGGAAAGCCACT-3′
HERV-Kpol 5′-TCCCCTTGGAATACTCCTGTTTTYGT-3′5′-CATTCCTTGTGGTAAAACTTTCCAYTG-3′