Table 3. Primers for quantitative real-time PCR.
| Gene name | FlyBase ID | Forward Primer (′5′-3′) | Reverse Primer (′5′-3′) | Product size |
| rpS17 | FBgn0005533 | CACTCCCAGGTGCGTGGTAT | GGAGACGGCCGGGACGTAGT | 81 |
| PGRP-SD | FBtr0076807 | ATGACTTGGATCGGTTTGCT | GCTGGGAGCATGTAACATCA | 198 |
| Thiolester containing protein II | FBtr0079510 | CTGACCTACAAGCACGACGA | CGCCACTCTCCTTCTGTTTC | 184 |
| eater | FBtr0085134 | GCCCTACTGCAAGGGATGTA | GGTGGTTGGATTCAGCTTGT | 190 |
| Black cells | FBtr0086819 | GCACGAATAACCGCACCTAT | AGGATATCGATGCCACGAAC | 196 |
| Drosomycin-4 | FBtr0073061 | GTCCTAATGGTGGCCAACTC | AGCACTTCAGACTGGCACTG | 151 |
| Scavenger receptor C, type I | FBtr0077467 | CTCGGCCTCCAATATAACCA | CTTGTTGATGTGACCGTTGG | 171 |