HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI, NIH, Frederick, MD, United States.
J Virol Methods. 2010 Mar;164(1-2):122-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.11.025. Epub 2009 Dec 3.
Allele-specific PCR based on subtype consensus sequences is a powerful technique for detecting low frequency drug resistant mutants in HIV-1 infected patients. However, this approach can be limited by genetic variation in the region complementary to the primers, leading to variability in allele detection. The goals of this study were to quantify this effect and then to improve assay performance.
基于亚型共有序列的等位基因特异性 PCR 是一种检测 HIV-1 感染患者中低频耐药突变体的有效技术。然而,这种方法可能会受到与引物互补区域遗传变异的限制,从而导致等位基因检测的可变性。本研究的目的是量化这种影响,然后提高检测性能。