Table 1.

List of primers used for PCR amplification

Target region		Primer name (sequence 5'-3')
LTR	1R	F: LTR1 (cacacaaggctayttcctga) R: JL17 (cattctgcagcttcctcattgat)
	2R	F: LTR3 (tggatggtgctwcaagytagt) R: LTRrev (tgctagagattttccacactgac)
tat 1st exon	1R	F: polseq2 (cgggtttattacagggacagc) R: ES33 (cattgccactgtcttctgctc)
	2R	F: TECORI (cagaataggaattctgcgacagagaag) *1 R: TE1 (gggatatgggttgctttgatagagaagc)
tat 2nd exon	1R	F: KS2mod (ttctatagtggatagagttaggaaggg) R: OFM19mod (gcactcaaggcaagctttattgaggc)
	2R	F: TE2 (gcttctctatcaaagcaacccatatccc) R: TXHOI (acaggctcctcgaggtcgtccc) *2
β-actin		F: β1 (ggacctgactgactacctcatgaa) R: β2 (gatccacatctgctggaaggtgg)

1R = 1st round, 2R = 2nd round. Introduced EcoRI (^*1) and XhoI (^*2) restriction sites are underlined. F: Forward. R: Reverse.