Table 1.

Forward and reverse primer sequences used for RT-PCR

mRNA species	Nucleotide sequence	Product length (bp)
Rat arrestin 3′-primer	5′-AATAGCCAATGTGGTTCTCTACTC-3′	464
Rat arrestin 5′-primer	5′-CATCCTCATCTTTCTTCCCTTC-3′
Mouse EGFR 3′-primer	5′-TTGACCAAAATCATCTGTGCCC-3′	401
Mouse EGFR 5′-primer	5′-CCAATGCCTATGCCATTACAAAC-3′
Rat FGFR1 3′-primer	5′-ACAGACAACACCAAACCAAACC-3′	299
Rat FGFR1 5′-primer	5′-TTAATGCTCCCATACTCGTTCTC-3′
Rat rhodopsin 3′-primer	5′-ATTCACCACCACCCTCTACACC-3′	395
Rat rhodopsin 5′-primer	5′-AGAAGAAGATGACGATCATGGG-3′

The choice of oligonucleotides was performed according to the sequences available in GenBank. Accession numbers are P15887, X59698,D12498, and Z46957 for arrestin, EGFR, FGFR1, and rhodopsin, respectively.