Table 1

 Primers and oligoprobes for the methylation sensitive dot blot assay

GenePrimer sequences (sense and antisense)PCR productCG sites3′DIG labelled oligoprobes*
*The bold letters represent the 2 CpG sites analysed in the DNA samples.
hTERT5′-GGGTTATTTTATAGTTTAGGT-3′224 bp275′-TAGTTGCGTTGTCGGGGTTA-3′
5′-AATCCCCAATCCCTC-3′5′-GTAGTTGTGTTGTTGGGGTTA-3′
APC5′-GGGGTTAGGGTTAGGTAGG-3′196 bp165′-GATGCGGATTAGGGCGTTTT-3′
5′-AACTACACCAATACAACCACATA-3′5′-GGATGTGGATTAGGGTGTTTT-3′
p165′-GGGGGAGATTTAATTTGG-3′194 bp115′-TCGGAGGGGGTTTTTTCGTT-3′
5′-CAACCCCTCCTCTTTCTT-3′5′-GTTGGAGGGGGTTTTTTTGTT-3′