Table 1 of Layton, Mol Vis 2006; 12:43-54.


Table 1. Sequence of primers used for PCR

Primers were designed online using Primer3 to span an intron, thereby eliminating genomic contamination. Parameters were set to minimize self complementarity and maximize PCR efficiency by checking oligonucleotides for possible formation of primer-dimers, primer cross-dimers, and hairpins. BLASTn (version 2.0) was used to ensure 100% specificity of primers to the target. PCRs were optimized for annealing temperature and Mg2+ concentration. Analysis of gels revealed no primer-dimer formation.

                                          Product   Annealing            Accession
   mRNA       Primer sequences (5'-3')     size     temp (°C)   Cycles    number
-----------   -------------------------   -------   ---------   ------   ---------
Cyclophilin   TGGTCAACCCCACCGTGTTCTTCG    314 bp       52         26      M19533
              TCCAGCATTTGCCATGGACAAGA

FGF-2         GCCTTCCCACCCGGCCACTTCAAGG   179 bp       55         27      M22427
              GCACACACTCCCTTGATGGACACAA

GFAP          ATTCCGCGCCTCTCCCTGTCTC      437 bp       55         27      U03700
              GCTTCATCCGCCTCCTGTCTGT

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