TABLE 3.

Rat Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Nomenclature and Oligonucleotide Primer Sequences for RT-PCR.

Sequence Identifier PCR Product Length	Accession Number - Sequence Name(s)	Oligonucleotide Primer Sequences
ALDH-PB	M23995 - Phenobarbital-inducible rat aldehyde dehydrogenase1	Fwd 5’-AGCCAGCAGAGTGACGAGA-3’
423 bp		Rev 5’-AAGCATTTCCATTTGACAAGCAG-3’
RALDH 1	NM_022407 - Constitutively expressed rat cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase, Aldh1a12-4	Fwd 5’-CGTCACCAGCAAAGTGTTGT-3’
301 bp		Rev 5’-AGCAGTTCAAGGGGTCACAG 3’
RALDH 2	NM_053896 – Rat retinal dehydrogenase, Aldh1a25	Fwd 5’-GCAGCAATAGCGTCTCACATT-3’
747 bp		Rev 5’-AAGCCAAACTCACCCATTTCT-3’
RALDH 3	AF434845 - Rat aldehyde dehydrogenase 6, Aldh1a36	Fwd 5’-CGATAAGCCCGATGTGGAC-3’
550 bp		Rev 5’-CTGTGGATGATAGGAGATTGC-3’

¹(Dunn et al., 1989)

²(Bhat et al., 1995)

³(Kathmann and Lipsky, 1997)

⁴(Penzes et al., 1997)

⁵(Wang et al., 1996)

⁶(Zheng,WL, et al, unpublished)