Table 1.

Oligonucleotides used as primers in RT-PCR analysis

Target mRNA	Primer Sequence	Amplicon Size (bp)
TPS1	Forward CGCTAAGGCGCAACTGACCTCGTCT Reverse CGACGAGAATGCGTGGTTGGCATAC	379
TPS2	Forward CCCCCCAAACTATCAGATTGGAACAAC Reverse ACCCAGCTGCAGCTATTCCATCGGC	612
PDA1	Forward GGTCAGGAGGCCATTGCTGT Reverse GACCAGCAATTGGATCGTTCTTGG	673
CNA1	Forward CGAAAGACTTGAATTCTTCACGCATC Reverse GAATGATCTGCAGCAAGCATCG	629
CNA2	Forward CCTTATATCTGTTCCCGCCC Reverse GAGGAACCATGGTTTTGGAG	551
ACT1	Forward CCTACGTTGGTGATGAAGCT Reverse GTCAGTCAAATCTCTACCGG	407

CNA1, CNA2, PDA1 and ACT1 primer sequences were obtained from Del Aguila et al, 2003 and TPS1 and TPS2, from Souza, 2001.