Table 1. PCR primers used for RT-PCR of m1–m5 mRNA.

Primer	Sequence (5′-3′)	Product Size (bp)
ml-a-upper	CCCATCATCACTTTTGGCACA
ml-a-lower	CTGCAGGGCGGCCAGCTCCCG	123
ml-b-upper	CCTCTGCTGCCGCTGTTG
ml-b-lower	GGTGGGTGCCTGTGCTTCA	175
m2-upper*	CACGAAACCTCTGACCTACCC
m2-lower*	TCTGACCY†GAMGAACCCAACTA	686
m3-upper*	GTCTGGCTTGGGTCATCTCTT
m3-lower*	GCTGCTGCTGTGGTCTTGGTC	433
m4-upper*	TGGGTCTTGTCCTTTGTGCT
m4-lower*	TTCATTGCCTGTCTGCTTTGTT	587
m5-upper*	CTGGTCTCCTTCATCCTCTGG
m5-lower*	CCTGGGTTCTCTTTCCTGTTG	394

PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RT, reverse transcriptase; bp, base pairs.

^*Sequences adapted from Wei et al. (27).

^†Mixed base code of CT; M, mixed base code of AC.