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Table 2 Characteristics of primers used for qPCR

From: Conjugated linoleic acid influences the metabolism of tocopherol in lactating rats but has little effect on tissue tocopherol concentrations in pups

Gene

GeneBank accession no.

Sense primer (5′-3′)

Antisense primer (5′-3′)

Product size, bp

Primer efficiency

Annealing Temp., °C

Reference genes

 ACTB

NM_031144.2

GACCTCTATGCCAACACAGT

CACCAATCCACACAGAGTAC

154

1.92

60

 ATP5B

NM_134364.1

GCACCGTCAGAACTATTGCT

GAATTCAGGAGCCTCAGCAT

203

1.90

60

 CANX

NM_172008.2

CCAGATGCAGATCTGAAGAC

CTGGGTCCTCAATTTCACGT

175

2.31

60

 MDH1

NM_033235.1

CAGACAAAGAAGAGGTTGCC

CGTCAGGCAGTTTGTATTGG

206

1.97

60

 RPL13

NM_031101.1

CTTAAATTGGCCACGCAGCT

CTTCTCAACGTCTTGCTCTG

198

1.94

60

 TOP1

NM_022615.1

GAAGAACGCTATCCAGAAGG

GCTTTGGGACTCAGCTTCAT

137

2.00

60

 YWHAZ

NM_013011.3

GACGGAAGGTGCTGAGAAA

GCAGCAACCTCAGCCAAGT

198

2.09

60

Target genes

 TTPA

NM_013048.2

GGAGGTGGAAACTCAACGGAA

AGCAGCAATCTTCTTGGCTACA

109

1.93

60

 CYP3A1

NM_013105.2

TGGTAATAGACTTGAGAGAG

GGGCAGATATACATAAGGA

196

1.90

56

 LDLR

NM_175762.2

ACAGTGTCCTCCCAAGTCCAA

GCAAATGTGGATCTCGTCCTC

222

1.87

60

 SCARB1

NM_031541.1

GGTGCCCATCATTTACCAAC

CCCTACAGCTTGGCTTCTTG

162

1.94

60

 LPL

NM_012598.2

GAGATTTCTCTGTATGGCACA

CTGCAGATGAGAAACTTTCTC

276

1.99

60

  1. Primers were designed using Primer3 from gene sequences obtained from GeneBank and tested in silico using BeaconDesigner and mfold. Primer specificity was determined using a BLAST search