Table 1.

Gene specific primers used in the study

Gene	Accession number	Primer sequence	Amplicon size (bp)
BCLXL	NM_001082135.1	5′aggagatggaggtattggtgagtc3′	122
		5′gttgccgtagagttccacaaac3′
HDAC1	XM_002720715.1	5′gctgaggagatgaccaagtacc3′	173
		5′acagagccaccagtagacag3′
H2A	AF030235.1	5′caaggcagtgtctcgctcacag3′	187
		5′gagatccttggaagcgttacctgc3′
HPRT1	EF062857.1	5′ataagttctttgctgacctgctg3′	134
		5′tacttttatgtcccctgttgactg3′
KLF4 a		5′ctcaaggcacacctgcgaac3′	193
		5′tcttcatgtgtaaggcgaggt3′
NANOG a		5′cagccctgattcttctaccagtcc3′	196
		5′ggagagttcttgcatctgctggag3′
OCT4	EF062856.1	5′ggtgttcagccaaaccaccatctg3′	352
		5′ttgggaacagtcactgcttgatcg3′
SOX2 a		5′cgggtgctccttcatgtgcag3′	120
		5′cacaactcggagatcagcaagc3′
YWHAZ	ENSOCUG00000000734	5′ggtctggcccttaacttctctgtgttcta3′	142
		5′gcgtgctgtctttgtatgattcttcactt3′

^aPrimers designed from conserved regions of human, murine and bovine sequences