Table 5. Primer sequences used in semi-quantitative RT-PCR and qPCR.

Spot no.	GI	Gene name	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Product (bp)
178	U35619.1	bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase	5′-gtgcaaacattttggcaatg-3′	5′-attcagcaactgcatctgga-3′	178
187	U15605.1	truncated N protein	5′-ggggagtcggtaaaacaaca-3′	5′-cagagagaagggcattttgc-3′	153
210	AJ866275.1	putative cell cycle protein	5′-tggtaccgggaacttcagtc-3′	5′-tggtcacagagctccatttg-3′	228
301	NC_001879	ATP synthase CF1 alpha subunit	5′-aaaagggcttctgcttcctc-3′	5′-aaaagggcttctgcttcctc-3′	153
422	Z14980.1	ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activase	5′-cggagaattggaaagtggaa-3′	5′-acgtttgtcgggttatcagc-3′	219
457	AJ250431.1	beta-galactosidase	5′-agcctggaactgattgtgct-3′	5′-tggttgggactttttcttgg-3′	240
598	gi|223593	carboxylase/oxygenase	5′-tcagatcaagggcattttcc-3′	5′-caagcgccatatcagcatta-3′	240
701	DQ442995	Phosphomannomutase	5′-agcacctcgcaaggaagtta-3′	5′-tccttgagcttctcgtctcc-3′	240
769	AY383625.1	harpin binding protein	5′-aatttgccagtcgggtattg-3′	5′-caatttccacctcccttgaa-3′	247
990	AB449366	germin like protein	5′-ggcttagtgcagctggaaac-3′	5′-cagggtgagtgtgaaatgga-3′	153
1015	AY220076.1	oxygen evolving complex photosystem II	5′-acctgcagttgaggtctgct-3′	5′-catttgctcctgagacgaca-3′	180
1041	gi|31711507	24 K germin-like protein	5′-cgatttctgtgttggggact-3′	5′-ggtgtgactgcggctttaat-3′	150
5942	gi|12643758	ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase-2(RuBisCO activase)	5′-tgttcctgctgaagacgttg-3′	5′-agttggtggtccgtcaaaag-3′	175
6071	J02979.1	lignin-forming peroxidase	5′-agcccttgcatctgaaattg-3′	5′-ttccaaatgtgtgtgcacct-3′	215
6095	gi|255542955	NAD-dependent epimerase/dehydratase	5′-gcaggcaaaaggagcactac-3′	5′-ggtctgattcacctggcaat-3′	179
6138	XM_002520879	stability/assembly factor HCF 136	5′-acatccaatgggggatacaa-3′	5′-cggcttgagacagcaacata-3′	164
6257	Y15489	plastid-lipid-associated protein	5′-agcagaggaagaaccaccaa-3′	5′-ctcggtaggagcaggagttg-3′	178
6288	AY220076.1	complex 33-kDa photosystem-II protein	5′-acctgcagttgaggtctgct-3′	5′-catttgctcctgagacgaca-3′	180
6388	AM087457.1	chloroplast cysteine synthase 1	5′-cttattgttgccgtggacct-3′	5′-gcaatgtttgcaacacaacc-3′	157
6449	DQ222496.1	cytosolic isoform of triosephosphate isomerase	5′-gttgtgagccctccatttgt-3′	5′-ccaaaattacccacggaatg-3′	163
6527	gi|52000814	oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 2-1	5′-gtagcgatcgccttcttgac-3′	5′-ttggggttaataggggaagg-3′	204
6545	AB120535	CDK-5 regulatory subunit associated	5′-gtcaagcaaaggaggctcac-3′	5′-atgacaccctatggcctctg-3′	169
6556	X64198	photosystem I light-harvesting chlorophylla/b-binding protein	5′-gtttccccctctgtcctctc-3′	5′-gggcagaaccatcaaggtaa-3′	151
6563	AB093097	Superoxide dismutase	5′-agctacatgacgccatttcc-3′	5′-ccctgtaaagcagcaccttc-3′	238
6675	D13718.1	PSI-D1 precursor	5′-ctcaaattggcccgtaaaga-3′	5′-tgaaattctgcccaactcct-3′	181
6883	AY220079.1	carboxylase small subunit precursor protein	5′-catggttgcacctttcactg-3′	5′-ttccaaacaaggaacccatc-3′	238
	AF480488	NPR1	5′-tagcgtattgcgatgcaaag-3′	5′-ttccatcggatgtcagatca-3′	180
	AF480489	EDS1	5′-aggccgaagcgttataggtt-3′	5′-aaaacatcatcgcccagaag-3′	203
	X05959.1	PR-1a	5′-caatacggcgaaaacctagctga -3′	5′- cctagcacatccaacacgaa-3′	170
	X03913	PR-5	5′-gcttccccttttatgccttc-3′	5′-cctgggttcacgttaatgct-3′	150
reference gene	GQ339768.1	β-actin	5′-ttgtccgtgacatgaaggag-3′	5′-atcatggatggctggaagag-3′	178
reference gene	AF120093.1	EF-1a	5′-ctctcaggctcccacttcag-3′	5′-aagagcttcgtggtgcatct-3′	164
reference gene	HQ384692.1	18S ribosomal RNA gene	5′-atggccgttcttagttggtg-3′	5′-tgtcggccaaggctataaac-3′	235