Table I.

Primers used for qRT-PCR experiments

Gene name	Primer sequences (5'- 3')	Product size (bp)	Accession number
Hprt	Forward: TCCCAGCGTCGTGATTAG Reverse: CGAGCAAGTCTTTCAGTCC	138	NM_013556.2
Ccnb1	Forward: AAGTCGGAGAGGTTGACG Reverse: TGTCCATTCACCGTTGTC	155	NM_172301.3
Mos	Forward: TCTACACCAAGTCATCTACGG Reverse: AAAATGTTCGCTGGCTTC	168	NM_020021.2
Dppa2	Forward: GACTTTCAACGAGAACCAATC Reverse: GCCTCACCAGAGAACGG	184	NM_007659.3
Ces5	Forward: CATATTGCCCGTGAGAGAC Reverse: CAAACAAGTCCAGTAAAGTG	179	NM_001003951.2
Bax	Forward: CAGCGGCAGTGATGGAC Reverse: TCCTGGATGAAACCCTGTAG	109	NM_007527.3
Bcl-xL	Forward: CAGTCAGCCAGAACCTTATC Reverse: ACACCTGCTCACTTACTGG	83	NM_009743.4

Mos: moloney sarcoma oncogene

Dppa2: developmental pluripotency associated 2

Ces5: carboxylesterase 5

Bax: BCL2-associated X protein

Bcl-xL: BCL2-like 1