Table 1.

Pairs of primers used for RT-PCR and qRT-PCR.

Genes	Primer sequence	Accession no.	Annealing temp. (°C)
chAng4	F: TGTTGGAAGAGATGACAATGAGCCC	EU818941.1	60.0
	R: GGGCCTGCTGTCTACGGACTGATA
mAng-41	F: GGGAATTCCATATGCAGAATGAAAGGTAC- GAAAAATTCCTAC	AY219870.1	60.0
	R: CCTTGGATCCCTACGGACTGATAAAAGAC- TCATCG
β-actin2	F: CAACACAGTGCTGTCTGGTGGTA	X00182	61.0
	R: ATCGTACTCCTGCTTGCTGATCC

Pair of primers for this gene previously reported by Hooper et al. (2003)¹ and Jing et al. (2009)².