Table 1.

Sequences of primers used in study

Primer name	Primer sequence	Size of PCR product expected from cDNA with P2 primer, nt	Size of PCR product expected from genomic DNA with P2 primer, nt
P2	ATCTGCCCCGTGCCGTGC	N/A	N/A
Pβ1.1	ATGACGCCAGTGCTGTATTAT	N/A	N/A
Pβ1.2	CAACCCACAGCACTGCATACCTACAC	N/A	N/A
P3A	CCGTTCTGCGAGGGCTGG	241	1,045
P3B	CTTCCTTGCGAATGTTTTCGT	546	2,314
P3C	AACCATTTCCTCCCGCCACAA	447	2,926
P3D	CGGGGGCGTTTGCTTTGC	553	3,700

Expected sizes of PCR products were calculated from Fig. 2. See text for further details. N/A, not applicable.