Research Article
A Trypanosoma cruzi Genome Tandem Repetitive Satellite DNA Sequence as a Molecular Marker for a LAMP Assay for Diagnosing Chagas’ Disease
Table 2
Similarity degree among TriTrypDB sequences.
| Target | Identity | value | Strain | Notes |
| Nuclear satellite DNA | 100% | | CL Brener/Tulahuen c12 | Most abundant repetitive sequence in T. cruzi genome (up to 9%) | Putative flagellar calcium-binding protein | 99% | 0.0 | CL Brener/JRc14/Tulahuen c12/Dm28c/Marinkellei | Sequence present in a single copy. Low sensitivity | E13 repeated element | 97% | 0.0 | Tulahuen c12/CL Brener/Dm28c/Esmeraldo | Abundant repetitive sequence in T. cruzi genome (up to 7%) | Variable region of kinetoplast minicircles | 100% | | CL Brener/Tulahuen c12/JRc14/Esmeraldo | Variable region with low specificity for LAMP primer design | 24S ribosomal RNA alpha-subunit | 97% | | JRc14/SylvioX10/Dm28c/Tulahuen c12/Marinkellei/CL Brener/Esmeraldo | Small size for LAMP design and very conserved in trypanosomatids | Ribosomal intergenic spacer | 95% | | JRc14/SylvioX10/Dm28c/Tulahuen c12/Esmeraldo/Brener | Scarcely used for T. cruzi detection | Transposon-like E22 repeated element | 98% | 0.0 | CL Brener/Tulahuen c12/Esmeraldo/Dm28c | Scarcely used for T. cruzi detection | Subtelomeric conserved junction | 96% | 0.0 | Tulahuen c12/JRc14/CL Brener/Esmeraldo/Dm28c | Scarcely used for T. cruzi detection |
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Consult the bibliography shown in Table 1 for more details about sequences. |