Disorder Type of repeat Gene name Primer sequence (5'-->3') Amplicon size
HD CAG HD F.P: ATGAAGGCCTTCGAGTCCCTCAAGTCCTTC
R.P: GGCGGTGGCGGCTGTTGCTGCTGCTGCTGC
48 bp
SCA1 CAG ATXN1 F.P: CAACATGGGCAGTCTGAG
R.P: AACTGGAAATGTGGACGTA
124 bp
SCA2 CAG ATXN2 F.P: GGGCCCCTCACCATGTCG
R.P: CGGGCTTGCGGACATTGG
59 bp
SCA3 CAG ATXN3 F.P: CCAGTGACTACTTTGATTCG
R.P: TGGCCTTTCACATGGATGTGAA
162 bp
SCA6 CAG CACNA1A F.P: CACGTGTCCTATTCCCCTGTGATCC
R.P: TGGGTACCTCCGAGGGCCGCTGGTG
102 bp
FA GAA FXN F.P: GGCTTAAACTTCCCACACGTGTT
R.P: AGGACCATCATGGCCACACTT
500 bp
MD CTG DMPK P1 - F.P: GAAGGGTCCTTGTAGCCGGGAA
P2 - R.P: TACGCATCCCAGTTTGAGACGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAG
P3 - Universal Primer: TACGCATCCCAGTTTGAGACG
 
Table 1: Primer sequence and amplicon size in trinucleotide repeat expansion disorder