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Table 2 Description of the primers used in this study to amplify the five exons of the chicken TYR gene, for the RACE reaction and the RT-PCR

From: Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens

Primers

Sequence 5' to 3'

Description

exon1-up

TGGGCTTACTGCTGGTCATCC

Forward exon1

exon1-dwn

TGATGCTGGGCTGAGTAAATTAG

Reverse exon1

exon2-up

AATCTGCACTCAATCTGAAGAG

Forward exon2

exon2-dwn

TTCGGAAGCTGTAATTGGC

Reverse exon2

exon3-up

CCACACACTGCAATATCAAAC

Forward exon3

exon3-dwn

TCAACAAATGCATGGTGTAGG

Reverse exon3

exon4-up

CATTTTTGAGCGGTGGTTAAG

Forward exon4

exon4-dwn

ACTCATAGTCATACCCCAGC

Reverse exon4

exon5-up

ATCCCCTACCTCAAGCAAG

Forward exon5

exon5-dwn

CAGGAGTGTTGTTTAATCAAGC

Reverse exon5

PL1

ATGCGCTGGCAGGTTCCTCTGTTGGAACGC

5' RACE PCR1

PL2

CAGCACTCCTTCCTCAGCAAGCTCTGCGTG

5' RACE PCR2

P3'-1

AGCGGTGGTTAAGAAGACACAGACC

3' RACE PCR1

P3'-2

GCTAGAAGTTTACCCAGCAGCCAAC

3' RACE PCR2

3' UTR-RE*

AAACATATTGTCATTCTGCAGACA

3'UTR primer sequence for the C*C

  1. Sequence Accession Number GenBank:D88349
  2. 3' UTR-RE* sequence is in the aberrant transcript 3'UTR region of the recessive white chicken tyrosinase gene