Table 2.

Sequences of the primer pairs used in the quantitative real-time RT-PCR assays.

Genes	Forward primer	Reverse primer
GCN2-eif2α target genes
Asns	CTGCACACGGTCTGGAGCTG	GGATCTCGTCTGGGATCAGGTT
Ddit3	CTGCACACGGTCTGGAGCTG	GGATCTCGTCTGGGATCAGGT
Antioxidant defence
sod1	TGGTCCTGTGAAGCTGATTG	TTGTCAGCTCCTGCAGTCAC
sod2	TCCCTGACCTGACCTACGAC	GGCCTCCTCCATTAAACCTC
gstπ	TCGCTGACTGGACGAAAGGA	CGAAGGTCCTCAACGCCATC
gsr	CTAAGCGCAGCGTCATAGTG	ACACCCCTGTCTGACGACAT
Mitochondrial synthesis
Pgc1α	CCCCAGAGTCTCCAAATGAC	GGTGTCAGACCTGGGGTTC
Reference gene
eef1a1	TCCTCTTGGTCGTTTCGCT	ACCCGAGGGACATCCTGTG