Figure 1

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) affect real time PCR quantifications. (A) Oligonucleotides used in this study. The positions of SNPs are indicated by arrows. Perfect match cDNA clones are identified on the right with the nucleotides SNPs at position 440 and 615 indicated in parentheses. Tm: melting temperature calculated with Primer3 software. (B) Positional effect of the SNPs. The position of the SNP within the oligonucleotide is indicated: 5', middle (M) or 3'. Relative numbers of molecules represent the ratio of molecules detected with mismatch primers relative to the number of molecules detected with perfect match primer pairs.