Table 1.

Description of cardiogenic gene primers used in quantitative PCR

Gene	Accession No	Primer 5' 3'	PCR product size (bp)
GATA-4	NM_002052	R 5'-CTCCTACTCCAGCCCCTACC-3'	207
		F 5'-GTGGACATAGCCCCACAGTT-3'
MLC-2a	NM_021223	R 5'-GCAGACCTGAGGGAGACCTAC-3'	135
		F 5'-ATTGAGCTTCTCCCCAAAGAG-3'
MLC-2v	NM_000432	R 5'-ACAGGGATGGCTTCATTGAC-3'	192
		F 5'-ATGCGTTGAGAATGGTTTCC-3'
Nkx2.5	NM_004387	R 5'-GAGAAGACAGAGGCGGACAA-3'	187
		F 5'-AGATCTTGACCTGCGTGGAC-3'
β-MHC	NM_000257	R 5'-TGATCTGGAGCTGACACTGG-3'	196
		F 5'-CAGGGTGTTGACCTTGTCCT-3'
α-MHC	NM_002471	R 5'-CCACCCAAGTTCGACAAGAT-3'	127
		F 5'-CACAGAAGAGGCCCGAGTAG-3'
ANP	NM_000906	R 5'-GCATTGAGCTGACACGAAAA-3'	219
		F 5'-CCTTGACGATGTCATTGGTG-3'
Connexin 43	NM_000165	R 5'-GGACATGCACTTGAAGCAGA-3'	103
		F 5'-GATGATGTAGGTTCGAAGCA-3'
TnIc	NM_000363	R 5'-CTCCAACTACCGCGCTTATG-3'	116
		F 5'-CCAGCTCTTGCTTTGCAATC-3'
TnTc	NM_000364	R 5'-CATGGAGAAGGACCTGAATGA-3'	108
		F 5'-CGTCTCTCGATCCTGTCTTTG-3'
MEF2C	NM_002397	R 5'-CAGTCATTGGCTACCCCAGT-3'	221
		F 5'-GCAGATGGTGGCATGTTATG-3'
Desmin	NM_001927	R 5'-GCCTCATCAGGGAATCGTTA-3'	129
		L 5'-AGGCAGCCAACAAGAACAAC-3'
α-Actin	NM_005159	R 5'-AGGGGCTGGAAGAGTGTCTCA-3'	136
		L 5' -GCCCTGGATTTTGAGAATGA-3'