TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used for quantitative RT-PCR

F, forward primer; R, reverse prime.

RNA target	Primer sequence	PCR product size	GenBankTM accession no.
NEU1	F, 5′-TGTGACCTTCGACCCTGAGC-3′	124	NM_000434
	R, 5′-TCGCAGGGTCAGGTTCACTC-3′
NEU2	F, 5′-AGTGGTCCACCTTTGCAGTG-3′	143	NM_005383
	R, 5′-ATGGCTGAGGAAGCAGAAGG-3′
NEU3	F, 5′-AATGTGAAGTGGCAGAGGTGA-3′	148	NM_006656
	R, 5′-TCACAGAGCTGTCGACTCAGG-3′
NEU4	F, 5′-TGCTGGTACCCGCCTACAC-3′	103	NM_080741
	R, 5′-CCGTGGTCATCGCTGTAGAA-3′
HPRT	F, 5′-ACCAGTCAACAGGGGACATAAAAG-3′	102	NM_000194
	R, 5′-GTCTGCATTGTTTGCCAGTGTC-3′