PriMicro Database

For classification, identification and molecular phylogenetic analyses of microbes

Primer Detail

Primer name
fRPB2-5R
Gene name
RNA polymerase II (RPB2)
Primer sequence (5'-3')
CCRAARTGATCWCKRTCRTC
Direction
R
Category
fungus-specific
Target
fungi
Reference
Liu YJ, Whelen S, Hall BD (1999) Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetes: evidence from an RNA polymerase II subunit. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16: 1799-1808.
Literature
Matheny PB, Wang Z, Binder M, Curtis JM, Lim YW, Nilsson RH, Hughes KW, Hofstetter V, Ammirati JF, Schoch CL, Langer E, Langer G, McLaughlin DJ, Wilson AW, Frøslev T, Ge ZW, Kerrigan RW, Slot JC, Yang ZL, Baroni TJ, Fischer M, Hosaka K, Matsuura K, Seidl MT, Vauras J and Hibbett DS (2007) Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of mushrooms and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 430-451.