Table 1. Primers used for mucin gene expression analysis.

Mucin transcript RT-PCR	Tissue RT-PCR and in situ hybridization
muc5.1	muc5.1
F1- IJ1 – tgacatgggttgaaagcaaa	F – IJ7- tgttccaggcacacattgat
R1 – IJ4 – tggtggtgttgaaaatgtga	R – IJ28 - cgacaaatcgtgtgagaaca
F3 - IJ7 – catccctaggcacatccact	muc5.2
R3 - IJ63 – tgttttgcgtcgcttaagaa	F – IJ68 - ctgagatgggtcatcctgct
muc5.2	R – IJ31 - ggtactgctggcaaaccatt
F1 - IJ68 – ctgagatgggtcatcctgct	muc5.3
R1 - IJ71 – gtctcgggtgatgaaggtgt	F – IJ80 - cgagcaatatgcacagcact
F2 - IJ50 – cagtgcatcgagaccaacag	R – IJ81 - gctcgagcagttgaaaaacc
R2 - IJ51 – tcatcattcgcctaattcca	muc2.1
muc5.3	F – IJ125 - tgctgcttctggcgctttctggt
F1 - IJ80 – cgagcaatatgcacagcact	R – IJ126 - ttgctgtcctccatgcgggtg
R1 - IJ81 – gctcgagcagttgaaaaacc	muc2.2
F2 - IJ82 – agatgcctgctgtccagagt	F – IJ167 - accacaaccaaacccatgtt
R2 - IJ83 – aggttccacacaaccctgag	R – IJ168 - gttccacattggccttctgt
muc2.1
F1 – IJ125 – tgctgcttctggcgctttctggt
R1 - GY2 – cataaccaatttccccatcg	Muc5.1 primers for in situ hybridization
muc2.2	muc5.1
F1 - IJ111 – actgtccgtgtcctcatggt	F – IJ1 - tgacatgggttgaaagcaaa
R1 - IJ112 – tctcctccagtgtcacatgc	R – IJ3 - aaccgtgaccgtttcttcac
F2 - IJ113 – accacaaccaaacccatgtt
R2 - IJ114 – cctctcgaatgctggatctc
qRT-PCR
muc5.1	muc2.1
F – tggcaacttggctgatgata	F – GY3 - aatatgccttgcggaacaac
R – tcgtcacacggaccagtaga	R – GY4 - gtgctgaggttgcagaatga
muc5.2	beta-actin2
F – ggtgtctgttccgatcaatc	F - cgtgctgtcttcccatcca
R – tcatccttgtcgccattgta	R – tcaccaacgtagctgtctttctg
muc5.3
F – GY5 - ggggaaaactacaccagcaa
R – GY6 - tgtgaattctgtgccagagc