Table 1.

List of gene specific primers

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Size of product (bp)	No. of cycle	GenBank accession no.
Gata-6	gcaatgcatgcggtctctac	ctcttggtagcaccagctca	571	35	AF179425
Gata-4	gcctgtatgtaatgcctgcg	ccgagcaggaatttgaagagg	469	30	U85046
Dab2	ggcaacaggctgaaccattagt	ttggtgtcgatttcagagtttagat	283	35	U18869
Fgf-5	aaagtcaatggctcccacgaa	cttcagtctgtacttcactgg	465	30	M30643
T	atgccaaagaaagaaacgac	agaggctgtagaacatgatt	835	30	NM009309
Is11	agcaagaacgacttcgtgatg	gactgagagggtctccagctc	187	35	AJ132765
Hnf4α	tgccctctcacctcagcaatg	cccctcagcacacggttttg	357	49	NM008261
Hnf1β	gaaagcaacgggagatcctccgac	cctccactaaggcctccctctcttcc	279	40	AB008174
Coup-tfI	agccatcgtgctattcacg	ttctcaccagacacgaggtc	570	40	MMU07625
Coup-tfII	gcaagagcttcttcaagcg	gcttctccacttgctcttgg	621	35	U07635
Bmp-2	gtttgtgtttggcttgacgc	agacgtcctcagcgaatttg	720	35	NM007553
Bmp-4	tgtgaggagtttccatcacg	ttattcttcttcctggaccg	566	35	X56848
Afp	tcgtattccaacaggagg	aggcttttgcttcaccag	174	35	V00743
Ttr	agtcctggatgctgtccgag	ttcctgagctgctaacacgg	440	30	NM013697
Ihh	acgtgcattgctctgtcaagt	ctggaaagctctcagccggtt	221	35	X76291
ApoE	aggatgcctagccgagggagagc	tagatcctccatgtcggctccgagt	322	35	M12414
Hprt	ctcgaagtgttggatacagg	tggcctataggctcatagtg	350	25	J00423