PCR-CTPP: a new genotyping technique in the era of genetic epidemiology

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2001 May;1(1):119-23. doi: 10.1586/14737159.1.1.119.

Abstract

A new PCR method, PCR-CTPP (polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primers) was invented to genotype a relatively large number of samples in a cost-effective and time-saving manner. In this method, allele-specific DNA products are amplified by means of applying appropriately designed two-pair primers (four primers) into an ordinary PCR tube. Single genotyping for G2886T at L-myc, Arg72Pro of p53 and Glu487Lys of ALDH2 as well as duplex genotyping for C-31T of IL-1B with VNTR of IL-1RN and A385T of secretor gene with se5, are demonstrated as examples with the primers and PCR conditions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • DNA Primers*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology / methods*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Substances

  • DNA Primers