Development of Primers for Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
1. Choose your favorite human gene.
2. Find the mRNA or Complementary DNA (cDNA) sequence
-Click on the circle labeled “Gene”
-A new page will come up and again click on the circle labeled “Gene”
-Type in the name of your gene and click Enter
-A number of matches will appear for that gene (Pages 2-3)
-Choose an appropriate selection: it should be human (homo sapiens), it’s an mRNA sequence, and that it’s complete. Each selection has a unique accession number which is sometimes referred to in publications (Pages 4-5)
-There will be a large amount of information that comes up starting with the Summary (Page 6), then sections called “Genomic contect, Genomic regions, Bibliography, Phenotypes, Interactions, General gene info, General protein info, and NCBI reference sequences.”
-Under NCBI Reference sequences you’ll find a section for “mRNA and proteins” (Page 7).
-Click on the mRNA sequence and copy it into a file (Pages 8-9).
3. Determining Primers
-There are many websites that have computer programs that help in choosing primers for PCR including the NCBI website. In addition to the one I listed you can to another website, Pedro’s Molecular Biology Research Tools that lists many websites that are useful in molecular biology,
-We are going to use the website from which we are ordering,
-Click on Scitools. Click on Primer Quest and fill in the necessary information.
-You can cut and paste you sequence in. The numbers are automatically removed.
-Under “Design For:” Pick PCR Primers and Under“Use Parameter Set:” Pick PCR Primers.
-Everything else can be used as a default settings.
-Click “Calculate”
-Choose primer sets that yield a product length between 300-700 bases.
4. Primer Specificity
-The primers should be tested to ensure that they do not anneal other places than where you want.---They can be tested against known DNA sequences, a BLAST search
-This can be done on the right of the page listing your primers or the website is
-Under the database heading click on the “nucleotide collection (nr/nt)” option.
-Enter you sequence and click on the BLAST button
-It should be a short time from seconds to minutes until the results come back
-Check that your favorite gene is at the top of the list in humans and then probably other species, otherwise the primer may amplify an unwanted region of DNA
For the report, please include:
- A printout with the RNA/DNA sequence and its accession number
- A printout of the exon map
- A list of 2 sets of primers and mention at what location they anneal to your sequence or show it directly on the sequence. Also, make sure that you have the annealing temperature of them
- The first page or two of BLAST results for each of the 4 primers.
Results: 1 to 20 of 90
1.
Sox10
Official Symbol Sox10 and Name: SRY-box containing gene 10 [Mus musculus]
Other Aliases: Dom, Sox21
Other Designations: dominant megacolon; transcription factor SOX-10; transcription factor SOX-M
Chromosome: 15; Location: 15 46.6 cM
Annotation: Chromosome 15, NC_000081.5 (78985343..78994920, complement)
ID: 20665Order cDNA clone
2.
SOX10
Official Symbol SOX10 and Name: SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 [Homo sapiens]
Other Aliases: RP5-1039K5.9, DOM, MGC15649, PCWH, WS2E, WS4, WS4C
Other Designations: OTTHUMP00000195094; OTTHUMP00000195097; SRY-related HMG-box gene 10; dominant megacolon, mouse, human homolog of; transcription factor SOX-10
Chromosome: 22; Location: 22q13.1
Annotation: Chromosome 22, NC_000022.10 (38368319..38380539, complement)
MIM: 602229
ID: 6663Order cDNA clone
3.
sox10
Official Symbol sox10 and Name: SRY-box containing gene 10 [Danio rerio]
Other Aliases: cls/sox10, zgc:100757
Other Designations: cls; colorless; colourless; colourless/sox10; golas; gos
Chromosome: 3
Annotation: Chromosome 3, NC_007114.5 (2551636..2560714)
ID: 140616Order cDNA clone
4.
Sox10
Official Symbol Sox10 and Name: SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 [Rattus norvegicus]
Other Designations: SRY-box containing gene 10; transcription factor SOX-10
Chromosome: 7; Location: 7q34
Annotation: Chromosome 7, NC_005106.2 (117138694..117149939, complement)
ID: 29361Order cDNA clone
5.
SOX10
SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 [Gallus gallus]
Other Aliases: SOX-10
Other Designations: Sry-boxntranscription factor, SOX-10; cSOX10; transcription factor SOX-10
Chromosome: 1
Annotation: Chromosome 1, NC_006088.2 (52999731..53009694)
ID: 395573
SOX10 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 [ Homo sapiens ]
Gene ID: 6663, updated on 29-Mar-2011
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Summary
Official Symbol
SOX10provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:11190
Locus tag
RP5-1039K5.9
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000100146;HPRD:03752;MIM:602229
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
DOM; WS4; PCWH; WS2E; WS4C; MGC15649; SOX10
Summary
This gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional activator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. This protein acts as a nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein and is important for neural crest and peripheral nervous system development. Mutations in this gene are associated with Waardenburg-Shah and Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease. [provided by RefSeq]
NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)
RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes
These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain
These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.
Genomic
- NG_007948.1RefSeqGene
Range
5001..17221
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mRNA and Protein(s)
- NM_006941.3 → NP_008872.1transcription factor SOX-10
Status: REVIEWED
Source sequence(s)
BC007595
Consensus CDS
CCDS13964.1
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
P56693
Related Ensembl
ENSP00000380093, ENST00000396884
Conserved Domains (2) summary
cd01388
Location:103 – 173
Blast Score: 245
SOX-TCF_HMG-box; SOX-TCF_HMG-box, class I member of the HMG-box superfamily of DNA-binding proteins. These proteins contain a single HMG box, and bind the minor groove of DNA in a highly sequence-specific manner. Members include SRY and its homologs in insects and...
pfam12444
Location:52 – 94
Blast Score: 184
Sox_N; Sox developmental protein N terminal
RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: Build 37.2
1: AY889970.Reports Synthetic constru...[gi:60656394] / LinksBottom of Form
LOCUS AY889970 1401 bp mRNA linear SYN 29-MAR-2005
DEFINITION Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone FLH116779.01X SRY-box 10
(SOX10) mRNA, complete cds.
ACCESSION AY889970
VERSION AY889970.1 GI:60656394
KEYWORDS Human ORF Project.
SOURCE synthetic construct
ORGANISM synthetic construct
other sequences; artificial sequences.
REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 1401)
AUTHORS Hines,L., Rolfs,A., Jepson,D., Moreira,D., Raphael,J., Kelley,F.,
Shen,B., Halleck,A., Koundinya,M., Hu,Y., Zuo,D., Taycher,E.,
Williamson,J. and LaBaer,J.
TITLE Cloning of human full-length CDS in Creator (TM) recombinational
vector system
JOURNAL Unpublished
REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 1401)
AUTHORS Hines,L., Rolfs,A., Jepson,D., Moreira,D., Raphael,J., Kelley,F.,
Shen,B., Halleck,A., Koundinya,M., Hu,Y., Zuo,D., Taycher,E.,
Williamson,J. and LaBaer,J.
TITLE Direct Submission
JOURNAL Submitted (04-JAN-2005) Biological Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology, Harvard Institute of Proteomics, 320 Charles St.,
Cambridge, MA02141, USA
COMMENT This CDS clone is a part of a collection of human full-length
expression clones generated by Harvard Institute of Proteomics.
This ORF clone has been cloned with normalized stop-codon. The CDS
has been directionally cloned using BD In-Fusion(TM) cloning system
between the SalI and HindIII sites of the pDNR-Dual vector.
Additional sequences in the clone: 'ACC' after SalI site and
before 'ATG' to provide Kozak consensus sequence. Each clone is
clonally isolated and full-length sequence-verified.
FEATURES Location/Qualifiers
source 1..1401
/organism="synthetic construct"
/mol_type="mRNA"
/db_xref="taxon:32630"
/clone="FLH116779.01X"
/lab_host="Escherichia coli DH5alpha T1 resistant"
/note="derived from MGC template"
gene 1..1401
/gene="SOX10"
CDS 1..1401
/gene="SOX10"
/note="sex determining region Y-box"
/codon_start=1
/transl_table=11
/product="SRY-box 10"
/protein_id="AAX32761.1"
/db_xref="GI:60656395"
/translation="MAEEQDLSEVELSPVGSEEPRCLSPGSAPSLGPDGGGGGSGLRA
SPGPGELGKVKKEQQDGEADDDKFPVCIREAVSQVLSGYDWTLVPMPVRVNGASKSKP
HVKRPMNAFMVWAQAARRKLADQYPHLHNAELSKTLGKLWRLLNESDKRPFIEEAERL
RMQHKKDHPDYKYQPRRRKNGKAAQGEAECPGGEAEQGGTAAIQAHYKSAHLDHRHPG
EGSPMSDGNPEHPSGQSHGPPTPPTTPKTELQSGKADPKRDGRSMGEGGKPHIDFGNV
DIGEISHEVMSNMETFDVAELDQYLPPNGHPGHVSSYSAAGYGLGSALAVASGHSAWI
SKPPGVALPTVSPPGVDAKAQVKTETAGPQGPPHYTDQPSTSQIAYTSLSLPHYGSAF
PSISRPQFDYSDHQPSGPYYGHSGQASGLYSAFSYMGPSQRPLYTAISDPSPSGPQSH
SPTHWEQPVYTTLSRP"
ORIGIN
1 atggcggagg agcaggacct atcggaggtg gagctgagcc ccgtgggctc ggaggagccc
61 cgctgcctgt ccccggggag cgcgccctcg ctagggcccg acggcggcgg cggcggatcg
121 ggcctgcgag ccagcccggg gccaggcgag ctgggcaagg tcaagaagga gcagcaggac
181 ggcgaggcgg acgatgacaa gttccccgtg tgcatccgcg aggccgtcag ccaggtgctc
241 agcggctacg actggacgct ggtgcccatg cccgtgcgcg tcaacggcgc cagcaaaagc
301 aagccgcacg tcaagcggcc catgaacgcc ttcatggtgt gggctcaggc agcgcgcagg
361 aagctcgcgg accagtaccc gcacctgcac aacgctgagc tcagcaagac gctgggcaag
421 ctctggaggc tgctgaacga aagtgacaag cgccccttca tcgaggaggc tgagcggctc
481 cgtatgcagc acaagaaaga ccacccggac tacaagtacc agcccaggcg gcggaagaac
541 gggaaggccg cccagggcga ggcggagtgc cccggtgggg aggccgagca aggtgggacc
601 gccgccatcc aggcccacta caagagcgcc cacttggacc accggcaccc aggagagggc
661 tcccccatgt cagatggtaa ccccgagcac ccctcaggcc agagccatgg cccacccacc
721 cctccaacca ccccgaagac agagctgcag tcgggcaagg cagacccgaa gcgggacggg
781 cgctccatgg gggagggcgg gaagcctcac atcgacttcg gcaacgtgga cattggtgag
841 atcagccacg aggtaatgtc caacatggag acctttgatg tggctgagtt ggaccagtac
901 ctgccgccca atgggcaccc aggccatgtg agcagctact cagcagccgg ctatgggctg
961 ggcagtgccc tggccgtggc cagtggacac tccgcctgga tctccaagcc accaggcgtg
1021 gctctgccca cggtctcacc acctggtgtg gatgccaaag cccaggtgaa gacagagacc
1081 gcggggcccc aggggccccc acactacacc gaccagccat ccacctcaca gatcgcctac
1141 acctccctca gcctgcccca ctatggctca gccttcccct ccatctcccg cccccagttt
1201 gactactctg accatcagcc ctcaggaccc tattatggcc actcgggcca ggcctctggc
1261 ctctactcgg ccttctccta tatggggccc tcgcagcggc ccctctacac ggccatctct
1321 gaccccagcc cctcagggcc ccagtcccac agccccacac actgggagca gccagtatat
1381 acgacactgt cccggcccta a
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General Information
Sequence Name : sox10
Batch Date : 4/6/2006 9:27:24 AM
Sequence Length : 1462 /
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Forward Primer
Primer Sequence: / AGCTCTGGAGGTTGCTGAACGAAA / Options
Primer Start Position: / 472 / Primer Length: / 24
Primer Tm: / 60.4oC / Primer Self Any: / 4.0
Primer GC %: / 50% / Primer Self End: / 0.0
Primer End Stability: / 3.46 / Primer Penalty: / 0.39
Reverse Primer
Primer Sequence: / TGTTGGACATTACCTCGTGGCTGA / Options
Primer Start Position: / 918 / Primer Length: / 24
Primer Tm: / 60oC / Primer Self Any: / 4.0
Primer GC %: / 50% / Primer Self End: / 2.0
Primer End Stability: / 4.26 / Primer Penalty: / 0
Primer Pair/Product
Primer Pair Penalty: / 0.39 / Primer Pair Comp Any: / 5.0
Primer Product Size: / 447bp / Primer Pair Comp End: / 2.0
Primer Set 2
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/ Set Options
Forward Primer
Primer Sequence: / AAGCTCTGGAGGTTGCTGAACGAA / Options
Primer Start Position: / 471 / Primer Length: / 24
Primer Tm: / 60.4oC / Primer Self Any: / 6.0
Primer GC %: / 50% / Primer Self End: / 1.0
Primer End Stability: / 3.85 / Primer Penalty: / 0.39
Reverse Primer
Primer Sequence: / TGTTGGACATTACCTCGTGGCTGA / Options
Primer Start Position: / 918 / Primer Length: / 24
Primer Tm: / 60oC / Primer Self Any: / 4.0
Primer GC %: / 50% / Primer Self End: / 2.0
Primer End Stability: / 4.26 / Primer Penalty: / 0
Primer Pair/Product
Primer Pair Penalty: / 0.39 / Primer Pair Comp Any: / 5.0
Primer Product Size: / 448bp / Primer Pair Comp End: / 1.0
Taxonomy reports
Distribution of 72 Blast Hits on the Query Sequence
Score E
Sequences producing significant alignments: (bits) Value
gi|33874645|gb|BC018808.2| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determinin... 60 1e-07
gi|55661347|ref|XM_525590.1| PREDICTED: Pan troglodytes sim... 60 1e-07
gi|60653342|gb|AY892449.1| Synthetic construct Homo sapiens... 60 1e-07
gi|60656394|gb|AY889970.1| Synthetic construct Homo sapiens... 60 1e-07
gi|4836840|gb|AF006501.4| Homo sapiens chromosome 22q13.1 C... 60 1e-07
gi|5420148|emb|AL031587.3|HS1039K5 Human DNA sequence from ... 60 1e-07
gi|33988714|gb|BC002824.2| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determinin... 60 1e-07
gi|30179898|ref|NM_006941.3| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determin... 60 1e-07
gi|14043212|gb|BC007595.1| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determinin... 60 1e-07
gi|54696919|gb|BT020029.1| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determinin... 52 3e-05
gi|47678698|emb|CR456584.1| Homo sapiens SOX10 full length ... 52 3e-05
gi|2909359|emb|AJ001183.1|HSJ001183 Homo sapiens mRNA for S... 52 3e-05
gi|49168625|emb|CR536571.1| Homo sapiens full open reading ... 52 3e-05
gi|57093138|ref|XM_538379.1| PREDICTED: Canis familiaris si... 44 0.008
gi|9507130|ref|NM_019193.1| Rattus norvegicus SRY-box conta... 44 0.008
gi|61823560|ref|XM_613423.1| PREDICTED: Bos taurus SRY (sex... 44 0.008
gi|38303848|gb|BC062067.1| Rattus norvegicus SRY-box contai... 44 0.008
gi|2695880|emb|AJ001029.1|RNSOX10 Rattus norvegicus mRNA fo... 44 0.008
gi|19263796|gb|BC025171.1| Mus musculus SRY-box containing ... 42 0.031
gi|17391311|gb|BC018551.1| Mus musculus SRY-box containing ... 42 0.031
gi|51829806|ref|XM_128139.2| PREDICTED: Mus musculus SRY-bo... 42 0.031
gi|3264585|gb|AF047043.1|AF047043 Mus musculus Sox-10 prote... 42 0.031
gi|2826522|gb|AF017182.1|AF017182 Mus musculus putative tra... 42 0.031
gi|1872474|gb|U66141.1|MMU66141 Mus musculus transcription ... 42 0.031
gi|30047226|gb|BC051058.1| Mus musculus SRY-box containing ... 42 0.031
gi|19484027|gb|BC023356.1| Mus musculus SRY-box containing ... 42 0.031
gi|26335594|dbj|AK043220.1| Mus musculus 7 days neonate cer... 42 0.031
gi|26089100|dbj|AK042542.1| Mus musculus 7 days neonate cer... 42 0.031
gi|20196587|emb|AL591921.6| Mouse DNA sequence from clone R... 42 0.031
gi|56550182|emb|AJ585759.1| Musa acuminata partial mRNA for... 36 1.9
gi|39756024|gb|AY400035.1| Homo sapiens HCM0423 gene, VIRTU... 34 7.7
gi|34858949|ref|XM_342542.1| Rattus norvegicus Brain glycog... 34 7.7
gi|46018454|emb|BX935083.2| Gallus gallus finished cDNA, cl... 34 7.7
gi|55649690|ref|XM_524337.1| PREDICTED: Pan troglodytes sim... 34 7.7
gi|55251538|gb|AC104414.8| Mus musculus chromosome 3, clone... 34 7.7
gi|61847177|ref|XM_582759.1| PREDICTED: Bos taurus similar ... 34 7.7
gi|45382254|ref|NM_205418.1| Gallus gallus acetylcholineste... 34 7.7
gi|58531194|dbj|AP008213.1| Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar... 34 7.7
gi|21240682|gb|AC010619.7| Homo sapiens chromosome 19 clone... 34 7.7
gi|57546753|dbj|BA000030.2| Streptomyces avermitilis MA-468... 34 7.7
gi|50754158|ref|XM_414264.1| PREDICTED: Gallus gallus simil... 34 7.7
gi|21664288|emb|AL512357.4|CNS07EF6 Human chromosome 14 DNA... 34 7.7
gi|50284602|gb|AC131593.16| Mus musculus chromosome 3, clon... 34 7.7
gi|34222200|ref|NM_153329.2| Homo sapiens aldehyde dehydrog... 34 7.7
gi|49217583|gb|AC099741.4| Mus musculus strain C57BL6/J chr... 34 7.7
gi|17530773|gb|AC023533.6| Homo sapiens chromosome 8, clone... 34 7.7
gi|16225357|gb|AF417472.1|AF417472 Xenopus laevis cardiac m... 34 7.7
gi|47939922|gb|BC072089.1| Xenopus laevis cDNA clone IMAGE:... 34 7.7
gi|47564195|gb|AC133508.3| Mus musculus BAC clone RP23-383K... 34 7.7
gi|27769115|gb|BC042142.1| Homo sapiens aldehyde dehydrogen... 34 7.7
gi|23272779|gb|BC035641.1| Homo sapiens aldehyde dehydrogen... 34 7.7
gi|34189792|gb|BC014895.2| Homo sapiens aldehyde dehydrogen... 34 7.7
gi|50489695|emb|CR608888.1| full-length cDNA clone CS0DI026... 34 7.7
gi|50483408|emb|CR602601.1| full-length cDNA clone CS0DI087... 34 7.7
gi|13562019|gb|AF350284.1|AF350284 Plectreurys tristis fibr... 34 7.7
gi|3002550|gb|AF022812.1| Dehalospirillum multivorans GTP c... 34 7.7
gi|11908307|gb|AC087255.1|AC087255 Caenorhabditis briggsae ... 34 7.7
gi|34447207|dbj|AP005632.3| Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar... 34 7.7
gi|41151936|gb|AC138548.8| Mus musculus chromosome 3, clone... 34 7.7
gi|331209|gb|M75136.1|IH1CG Ictalurid herpesvirus 1 (channe... 34 7.7
gi|9955987|gb|AY007096.1| Homo sapiens clone TCCCIA00164 mR... 34 7.7
gi|623031|gb|U03472.1|GGU03472 Gallus gallus acetylcholines... 34 7.7
gi|204420|gb|L10668.1|RATGLYPHOA Rat glycogen phosphorylase... 34 7.7
gi|15823967|dbj|AB070940.1| Streptomyces avermitilis oligom... 34 7.7
gi|46878754|emb|AJ698861.1| Gallus gallus partial mRNA for ... 34 7.7
gi|18676619|dbj|AK074136.1| Homo sapiens mRNA for FLJ00209 ... 34 7.7
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gi|33874645|gb|BC018808.2| Homo sapiens SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10, mRNA (cDNA
clone IMAGE:4861099)
Length = 2897
Score = 60.0 bits (30), Expect = 1e-07
Identities = 30/30 (100%)
Strand = Plus / Plus
Query: 1 agcaggacctatcggaggtggagctgagcc 30
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Sbjct: 276 agcaggacctatcggaggtggagctgagcc 305
gi|55661347|ref|XM_525590.1| PREDICTED: Pan troglodytes similar to SRY (sex determining region
Y)-box 10; dominant megacolon, mouse, human homolog of;
SRY-related HMG-box gene 10 (LOC470206), mRNA
Length = 1122
Score = 60.0 bits (30), Expect = 1e-07
Identities = 30/30 (100%)
Strand = Plus / Plus
Query: 1 agcaggacctatcggaggtggagctgagcc 30
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Sbjct: 11 agcaggacctatcggaggtggagctgagcc 40
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