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. 2012 Dec 10;7(12):e51411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051411

Table 1. Primers used for RT-PCR analysis of gene expression.

Gene Forward Primer (5′-3′) Reverse Primer (5′-3′) Amplicon Length
Biglycan (Bgn) TGCCATGTGTCCTTTCGGTT CAGGTCTAGCAGTGTGGTGTC 112
Collagen, type I (Col1a1) GCTCCTCTTAGGGGCCACT CCACGTCTCACCATTGGGG 103
Collagen, type III (Col3a1) ACGTAGATGAATTGGGATGCAG GGGTTGGGGCAGTCTAGTG 154
Collagen, type V (Col5a1) TGAGTCTGGTTTTCCCGAGGA GCCCTGCTCATTGTAAATGGAGA 97
Collagen, type XII (Col12a1) AAGTTGACCCACCTTCCGAC GGTCCACTGTTATTCTGTAACCC 111
Decorin (Dcn) AAGCTGCGGAAATCCGACTTC CCCAGAGTTTTTCAGTGGGTTG 81
Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1 (Eef1a1) TACGCCTGGGTCTTAGACAAA TCCACAGGGAGATGTCAATAGT 70
Fibronectin (Fn1) GGAGGAAGCCGGGGTTTTAAC GCGCTCATAAGTGTCACCCA 105
Lumican (Lum) CTCTTGCCTTGGCATTAGTCG GGTCATCACAGTACATGGCAGT 147
Mohawk (Mkx) CACCGTGACAACCCGTACC GCACTAGCGTCATCTGCGAG 73
Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 (Mmp2) CAAGTTCCCCGGCGATGTC TTCTGGTCAAGGTCACCTGTC 171
Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 (Mmp3) ACATGGAGACTTTGTCCCTTTTG TTGGCTGAGTGGTAGAGTCCC 192
Matrix Metalloproteinase-14 (Mmp14) CAGTATGGCTACCTACCTCCAG GCCTTGCCTGTCACTTGTAAA 119
Matrix Metalloproteinase-16 (Mmp16) TTACTCGCATTCAGCTCTGGA CCGCAGACTGTAGCACATAAAA 101
Scleraxis (Scx) CTGGCCTCCAGCTACATTTCT GTCACGGTCTTTGCTCAACTT 237
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 (Serpine1) TTCAGCCCTTGCTTGCCTC ACACTTTTACTCCGAAGTCGGT 116
Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 2 (Timp2) TCAGAGCCAAAGCAGTGAGC GCCGTGTAGATAAACTCGATGTC 142