Table 1.
Primer sequences for this study
| Primer name | Sequence |
| Eco OMP | GAATTCATGGCAGAGGACGGGCCACAGAAG |
| OMP Xho | CTCGAGTCAGAGCTGGTTAAACACCACAG |
| AC3F | CAGCCAGCAGCCAACATGCCG |
| AC3R | CTTCCAGCTCATCCTGCTGCTG |
| GolfF2 | ATGGGCCTATGCTACAGCCTGCGG |
| GolfR2 | CTGACCGGAACTGGTTCTCAGGGTTG |
| CNGF2 | GGTGCTGGATTACTTCTCAGACAC |
| CNGR | CCAGGTAGCCATATTCAGGGTCAG |
| GAPDH-F | ATGGTGAAGGTCGGTGTGAACG |
| GAPDH-R | AGTGATGGCATGGACTGTGGTC |
| M72-F | GTTAACATGGCTGCAGAGAATCAATC |
| M72-R | GAATTCAAAGACTCTTCTCCTCAGTG |
| P2-F | GGATCCATGACCTGGGGAAACTGGAC |
| P2-R | GAATTCTAGTTTCTGAGGGCCCAGAG |
| I7-F | GTTAACATGGAGCGAAGGAACCACAC |
| I7-R | GAATTCACCATCTCTGCTGGATTTC |
| OR118F | ATGGCGAACAGCACTACTGTTACTG |
| OR118R | TGTCTGGCTGAACTTTTGGAACTTGC |
| OR203F | ATGGAGGTGAACAGGACCCTGGTGACT |
| OR203R | TGGCTTCATGATTTTTCTCAGAGCC |
| GFP-LTF | GAATTCGCCACCATGGTGAGCAAGGGCG |
| GFP-LTR | CAATTGCTTAAGATACATTGATGAGTTTGG |
| GFP-MH2 | AATGAATGCAATAGTTGTTGATAACTTGTTTATTG |
| GFP-MH2R | CAATAAACAAGTTATCAACAACTATTGCATTCATT |
| mCRY-R | GCGGCCGCTTTACTTGTACAGCTCGTCCATGCC |
| NeuroD-F | CAAGGTGGTACCTTGCTACTCCAAG |
| NeuroD-R | GGAATAGTGAAACTGACGTGCCT |
| Mash-F1 | TGCCAGGCTCTCCTGGGAATGG |
| Mash-R1 | CTGGTTCGGATAGATACAAATAG |
In the RT-PCR experiments, olfactory marker protein transcripts were amplified by primers Eco OMP and OMP Xho, Adenylyl cyclase 3 by AC3F and AC3R, Gαolf by GolfF2 and GolfR2, cyclic nucleotide gated channel A2 subunit by CNGF2 and CNGR, NeuroD by NeuroD-F and NeuroD-R, Mash1 by Mash-F1 and Mash-R1, GAPDH by GAPDH-F and GAPDH-R, receptor M72 by M72-F and M72-R, I7 receptor by I7-F and I7-R, P2 receptor by P2-F and P2-R, MOR118 by OR118F and OR118R, and MOR182-5 by OR203F and OR203R.