TABLE 1.
Primers for analysis of mtDNA copy number
| Species | Genome | Target | Primer sequence, 5′→3′ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | |||
| Rattus norvegicus | Mitochondrial | Cytochrome b | GCAGCTTAACATTCCGCCCAATCA | TACTGGTTGGCCTCCGATTCATGT |
| Nuclear | Actin | ATCATGTTTGAGACCTTCAACACCC | CATCTCTTGCTCGAAGTCTAGG | |
| Mus musculus | Mitochondrial | tRNA-Val | CTAGAAACCCCGAAACCAAA | CCAGCTATCACCAAGCTCGT |
| Nuclear | β2-Microglobulin | ATGGGAAGCCGAACATACTG | CAGTCTCAGTGGGGGTGAAT | |
| Homo sapiens | Mitochondrial | tRNA-Leu | CACCCAAGAACAGGGTTTGT | TGGCCATGGGTATGTTGTTA |
| Nuclear | β2-Microglobulin | TGCTGTCTCCATGTTTGATGTATCT | TCTCTGCTCCCCACCTCCAAGT | |