Table 1a.

PCR primer sequences for the Cloning of Rhesus IFN-α Subtypes

Gene	Forward Primer (5′-3′)*	Reverse Primer (5′-3′)
IFN-α1/13	GGCTCTAAACTCATGTAAAGAGTGCAT	AGCATGGTCATAGTTATAGCAGGG
IFN-α2	TAAAtGAaTATGTTCCCTATTTAAGGCTAG	AAAGGTGAGCTGGtgtattag
IFN-α4	CAAAAACAGAGATAGAAAGTACAACTAGGGA	TGCCTGCACAGGTATACACCAA
IFN-α6	AACTAGTATGTTCCCTATTTAAGACCTACACAT	CGTTTCTGTGTTGGATCAGGTCTT
IFN-α8	cccaaagttaaggtcatccat	tgcaagttgattgataaagagaagg
IFN-α14	CCAGCAGCATCTTCGGGATT	GTATTAGTCAATGAGAATCATTTCCATGA
IFN-α21	AGTTTTGAGTGCAGGGGAAAAAT	AAGTGTGGACTGGTGTATTAGTCATACA

^*Note: Lower case letters indicate that sequences differ from the human cloning primers by Szubin et al., 2008