Table 1

 HPV16 upstream E2-B primers and probe used in real time polymerase chain reaction assay for integration

Physical stateNameSequence (5′→3′)Tm (°C)Primer siteAmplimer length (bp)
The E2-B system is located upstream of the previous E2-A system15 at HPV16 genomic primer positions 3362–3390 and 3427–3443.
Tm was determined using the “Primer Express™” program, version 2.0 (PE Applied Biosystems).
bp, base pairs; FP, forward primer; PRO, probe; RP, reverse primer; Tm, melting temperature.
EpisomalA15Probe:16E2-APRO(BODIPYR6G)-CACCCCGCCGCGACCCATA-(DQ)70
Primer1:16E2-AFPAACGAAGTATCCTCTCCTGAAATTATTAG593362–3390
Primer2:16E2-ARPCCAAGGCGACGGCTTTG603427–344382
EpisomalBProbe:16E2-BPROAAGACGTTAGCCTTGAAGTGTATTTAACTGCACC67
Primer1:16E2-BFPATTACAAGCAATTGAACTGCAACTAACGTT592962–2991
Primer2:16E2-BRPGTATTGCATATGTCTCCATCAAACTG583113–3138177