Table 1.

Primer details.

Primer	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Product length
XBP1	5′AAACAGAGTAGCAGC TCAGACTGC 3′	5′TCCTTCTGGGTAGAC CTCTGGGAG 3′	Unspliced forms’ ∼474 bp cleaved by the restriction endonuclease (Pst1) two products are around 296 bp and 183 bp; spliced forms lack restriction enzyme site ∼448 bp
GAPDH	5′AATCCCATCACCATC TTCCA 3′	5′TTCACACCCATGACG AAC AT 3′	∼194 bp
18srRNA	5′CGTTCTTAGTTGGTG GAGCG 3′	5′CGCTGAGCCAGT CAG TGTAG 3′	∼121 bp