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. 2017 Sep 21;12(9):e0185288. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185288

Table 2. Description of candidate reference genes and primer sequences for qRT-PCR.

MDP#
Gene description
Primers F/R [5’-3’] Amplicon size (bp) Tm (°C) PCR efficiency (%) Regression coefficiency (R2)
MDP0000095375
Casein kinase II subunit beta-4 isoformX2
F-5’ ACATCGAGAGCTTTGGCTAAC 3’
R-5’ CTCCATCAGAACCACTGACATC 3’
187 82.0 98.75 0.9993
MDP0000121104
WD repeat-containing protein DWA2
F-5’ GCATTTGATTCGGCTCTCTTC 3’
R-5’ GCTCAGGGATCTGCCATATT 3’
169 84.5 100.83 0.9982
MDP0000147424
Protein GRIP
F-5’ CTCAGGCTGATCGCAATGATA 3’
R-5’ CCAGCTCCTCAATTTCCTCTT 3’
168 84.5 105.35 0.9970
MDP0000173025
Membrane related
F-5’ ATGGAGAGATGGAATGGCAAAG 3’
R-5’ GTGAGCATCGGATCCCATTTAG 3’
193 85.0 92.92 0.9992
MDP0000200579
Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E223
F-5’ CCTAATCGTGTGGAAGGTACTG 3’
R-5’ ATGAGGGAAGAAGACACCAATC 3’
192 82.0 100.39 0.9998
MDP0000211280
26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 6
F-5’ TCTGTTACCAAGATCGCTGATG 3’
R-5’ ATGGAAGACCAAGTCCATCTTT 3’
179 83.5 97.52 0.9998
MDP0000233640
Ribosome biogenesis protein BMS1
F-5’ CAAGGCCGAGAAGAAGAAGAA 3’
R-5’ TCCATGAACCAGAACGACATAC 3’
198 88.0 101.61 0.9968
MDP0000245145
Poly(U)-specific endoribonuclease-B
F-5’ GGGCCAGTGGAATGGATATAAG 3’
R-5’ CCCTCCACCACAGTCAATTT 3’
189 83.0 101.78 0.9996
MDP0000314861
PRA1family protein A1-like
F-5’ TCTCATCGCAGCTGTTCTTAC 3’
R-5’ GAGGCCGTCCACATATGAAT 3’
196 82.5 97.80 0.9988
MDP0000315565
Trafficking protein particle complex subunit 12
F-5’ GATCGGCTGTACTGCTTGTTAG 3’
R-5’ GGGTCTGTGTAATCACGGTTAAG 3’
193 81.5 108.20 0.9986
MDP0000326399
Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3
F-5’ CGTGGAACTGGAATGTGTATCT 3’
R-5’ ACTCTACCAAGAGCCTCTCTAA 3’
195 85.5 94.01 0.9963
MDP0000336547
SGF 29 tudor-like domain-containing protein
F-5’ AGCTACTCCTGAAGTGGTAGAG 3’
R-5’ GCTCATTACCTTCCATCCTTCTT 3’
188 85.0 106.96 0.9994
MDP0000752428
Actin like
F-5’ AGTCCAAGCGTGGTATCTTAAC 3’
R-5’ CTGGGTCATCTTCTCACGATTT 3’
188 87.0 98.97 0.9982
MDP0000831483
Transcription factor GTE8-like isoformX1
F-5’ GGACTCTGGTGAGGATGAGATC 3’
R-5’ CCGGGTCATTCCCTTTACAT 3’
199 80.5 104.17 0.9977
MDP0000913709
Ubiquitincarboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozymeL5-like
F-5’ GCAGAAGGTAGCTGACAAAGA 3’
R-5’ TCGATGCGTTCCTGGATTAC 3’
182 85.0 102.25 0.9997

MDP: predicted gene model from the apple (Malus x domestica) genome sequences v3.0.a1 (https://www.rosaceae.org/analysis/162). Gene description is based the annotation by BlastP against NR (nonredundant protein sequences) database.