Table 1. Primers designed for quantitative RT-PCR.

Gene	Species	Primer sequence	Accession number
C-kit	Mouse	F: 5′-TTCCGCCTTTACGAGCACACA-3′ R: 5′-CCCGCCCTTCCCTTCTCCTC-3′	Y00864
Myosin	Mouse	F: 5′-ACCCGGCAGAAGCTCAATGTG-3′ R: 5′-GCCCTCCATCTCTTTCTGTAACC-3′	NM_013607
PGP9.5	Mouse	F: 5′-CCCCCGAAGATAGAGCCAAGTG-3′ R: 5′-GCTCGCGCTCAGTGAATTCTC-3′	NM_011670
GAPDH	Mouse	F: 5′-GGCCGGTGCTGAGTATGTCGTG-3′ R: 5′-GGGGGGCTAAGCAGTTGGTGG-3′	NM_001289726

Abbreviations: F, forward; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase; PGP9.5, protein gene product 9.5; R, reverse.