TABLE 1.

Primers used for this study

Primer no.a	Primer name	DNA sequence (5′-3′)
1	Aav-lea-1 forward	CACTACCGCTTACAACCAATC
2	Aav-lea-1 reverse	ACAGGAATATCACTGACAGAT
3	Aav-ahn-1 forward	CAAATCAACAACAATGCCACC
4	Aav-ahn-1 reverse	AGAGGATCATTGCACGGAATT
5	Aav-glx-1 forward	GCGAACATGGGAAAAGTCAAC
6	Aav-glx-1 forward	CAGAGATGCCTTTGGACATTA
7	Ama-F degenerate	GARTTYTTYTTYCAYGCNATG
8	Ama-R degenerate	NGTCATYTGNGTNGCNGGYTC
9	Aavlea1 Q-PCR F	GATGGAGGAGTACAAGCAGCA
10	Aavlea1 Q-PCR R	TCATGAAGGTGGAACAAGGTC
11	Aavahn1 Q-PCR F	GGACAGTACGAGCCGAAAGTA
12	Aavahn1 Q-PCR R	CACTTTCGACGTGATGAA
13	Aavglx1 Q-PCR F	GATCCAGGACTATCTCGCTCA
14	Aavglx1 Q-PCR R	AATTCGGTGAGCTTCTTCTCC
15	Aavama1 Q-PCR F	GTGTAGAGCCGCCTTAGCTG
16	Aavama1 Q-PCR R	ATGTGGGTGGAGGATCAGAC

^aPrimers 1 to 6, primer pairs used to amplify the full-length genomic and cDNA copies of genes induced during desiccation; primers 7 and 8, degenerate primer pair used to amplify the Aav-ama-1 gene; primers 9 to 16, primer pairs used to perform real-time quantitative PCR analyses.