Table III. Genes included in transcriptome analysis.

Gene	Protein	Protein Class	GenBank Accession No.	Forward Primer	Sequencea	Reverse Primer	Sequencea
See2a	Legumain-like protease	Protease	AJ131718	See2A-Fb	GTCCTGGTGTCCTTGGAATG	See2A-R	TTGAGAACGATGGCAGTGAG
See2b	Legumain-like Cys protease	Protease	AJ131719	See2b-Fb	AGCAGCAATACAACTTGGTCA	See2b-R	ACCTTCGACACTGCTTCAGG
See1	Cys protease	Protease	X99936	See1F	GCTCGAGTCCACGGTCTTC	See1Rb	AGTTCATCCTCAGCACCCAG
Mir3	Cys protease	Protease	AF019147	Mir3Fb	GATGTCAACAGGAAAAACGC	Mir3R	GTTCGCTTCGTAGCCTTCAC
	Cys protease	Protease	EU970148	CysProt-Fc	GTCACCGGCGTCAAGGAC	CysProt-Rc	CCCAGGAGTTCTTCATCAGC
PR-1d	Pathogenesis-related protein 1	Defense	U82200	PR1F	AGAACTCGCCGCAGGACTAC	PR1R	CGCCTGCATGGTTTTATTG
Chn2d	Acidic class I chitinase	Defense	L00973	ChiF	AACGGCTTCTACACCTACGC	ChiR	TTGGAGATGTTGGTGACGAC
Mas1	Malate synthase	Carbon mobilization	L35914	Mas1Fb	CCAAGGTCTTCATGGCTGAC	Mas1R	CCTTGATCGGGATCTGAGC
Kin1	S-like RNase		U66241	Kin1Fb	ACCAGCTGGCTCTTATGTGG	Kin1R	CACTTCTTGAAGGGGTGGAA
Pld1	Phospholipase D	Lipid degradation	D73410	PldFb	GACTGGAACCGGACGCTG	PldR	AACCTTACACCCCTGCCTCT
Exg1	Exoglucanase I	Cell wall glucan degradation	AF064707	ExhFb	GCCGGAAAGGACAAGGTC	ExhR	GGCTTGCCGTTCTTGAGTAG
Sbe2a	Starch-branching enzyme IIa	Starch synthesis	U65948	sbe2a-Fb	CTTTCTCTCGCACCGTTCTG	sbe2a-R	GCATTTGGGTTCCAGTTGTT
Zpu1	Pullulanase	Starch synthesis/degradation	AF080567	Zpu1-Fb	TGGACTTCCATCCAGTGTGA	Zpu1-R	AATCAAGCCTTGGCTTTTCA
Gbss1b	Granule-bound starch synthase	Starch synthesis	EU970982	GBSSIb-Fb	CTTTTGTGCCTTGCTGCTTT	GBSSIb-R	TGAGAGCCCTTGCTTCAGTT
Tub6	Tubulin	Housekeeping	L10633.1	Tub6-Fb	ACTGCTTGCAAGGATTCCA	Tub6-R	GGCACACATCATGTTCTTGG

^aSequences are listed 5′ to 3′.

^bPrimer spans intron/exon boundary to prevent the amplification of genomic DNA.

^cAs compared with maize genome sequence (http://www.maizesequence.org/); gene does not contain introns.

^dNo genomic sequence available, as compared with the first draft of the maize genome sequence.