Skip to main content

Table 1 Primers used for gene expression analysis by RT-PCR

From: ICI 182,780 has agonistic effects and synergizes with estradiol-17 beta in fish liver, but not in testis

    

Cycle number(N)

    

Exp1

Exp2

Gene product

Primer Sequence

bp

Ta (°C)

Liv

Tes

Liv

Estrogen receptor α (ERα, AJ006039)

5'-CCCATCCAGTCAGCATTCA-3'

5'-TTGTCACGCCGCAGAACG-3'

374

57

25

25

25

Estrogen receptor βa (ERβa, AF136980)

5'-GCTGATGATCGGACTGATGTG-3'

5'-GGTGTACTGTTGGCGGAAAG-3'

348

59

27

23

29

Estrogen receptor βb (ERβb, AJ580049)

5'-TGATGATGTCACTCACCAACC-3'

5'-TTCAGCTCACGAAACCGA-3'

291

54

25

22

26

Choriogenin L (ChgL, CX734876)

5'-AGAGGGATGCTGTCGTAG-3'

5'-GTGATGCCTTTGGTAGTG-3'

290

56

25

30

18

Vitellogenin II (VgII, CX734956)

5'-CACTTGGCATTGGTCTCCC-3'

5'-ATGGTGCACTCAGCTGCATG-3'

130

58

20

25

18

18S ribosomal RNA (18S)

5'-TCAAGAACGAAAGTCGGAGG-3'

5'-GGACATCTAAGGGCATCACA-3'

495

59

18

18

15

  1. Gene name abbreviation and accession number, primer sequence (forward and reverse, respectively), amplicon length (bp), annealing temperature (Ta) and optimized cycle numbers (N) for liver (Liv) or testis (Tes) cDNAs from Experiments (Exp) 1 and 2.