There were two steps in the nested AS-PCR protocol. For the first PCR, each 20 µL of reaction mixture contained 40 ng of genomic DNA, 0.5 pM of each primer and 10 µL of
GoTaq® Green Master Mix 2x (Promega Corporation, Madison, USA). The PCR conditions were 95°C for 3 minutes, followed by 26 cycles of 95°C for 30 seconds, and 63°C for 30 seconds, 72°C for 60 seconds; and finally 72°C for 7 minutes. 1 µL of the 100 fold-diluted PCR product was used as a template for the second step.
In the second step, three PCR reactions were performed in parallel in three separate tubes. Each 20 µL of the reaction mixture contained 1 µL of the diluted product of the first step, 0.5 pM of each primer and 10 µl of
GoTaq® Green Master Mix 2x (Promega Corporation, Madison, USA).
For specificity enhancement, touchdown PCR cycles were used as follows: 95°C for 3 minutes; 5 cycles of 95°C for 30 seconds, 67°C for 30 seconds, 72°C for 30 seconds; 5 cycles of 95°C for 30 seconds, 65°C for 30 seconds, 72°C for 30 seconds; 10 cycles of 95°C for 30 seconds, 63°C for 30 seconds, 72°C for 30 seconds; 20 cycles of 95°C for 30 seconds, 58°C for 30 seconds, 72°C for 30 seconds; and finally 72°C for 7 minutes.
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