Research Article

Variability of the Transferrin Receptor 2 Gene in AMD

Table 1

Sequences of primers and restriction enzymes for genotyping of the c.−258+123T>C and c.1892C>T polymorphisms of the TRF2 gene.

PolymorphismSequences of primers

c.−258+123T>C
(rs4434553)
Flanking F: 5′ GATCACATGGGTTTCTACCTCTTT 
R: 5′ CTTAGGTCTCAGGGGAGCAG
PCRa 375 bp
ASO R-A spec: 5′ GACCTGAGTAGGAGCTGATGTTC 
R-G spec: 5′ GACCTGAGTAGGAGCTGATGTTT
ASOb 224 bp

Sequences of primersEnzyme
(target allele)
Target sequenceGenotypesc

c.1892C>T (rs2075674)F: 5′-ACTCCCTGCCGTCGAGTTCT-3′ 
R: 5′-ACTCCCAGAGACCAAGAGCG-3′
MspA1I (T)5′…C(A/C)GC(G/T)G…3′ 
3′…G(T/G)C↑G(C/A)C…3′
CC 381 
CT 381/198/193
TT 198/193

F: forward primer. R: reverse primer. aPCR product length using only flanking primers. bPCR product length with ASO reverse primers. cRestriction products lengths (bp) for each genotype.