Table 1 Summary of primer sequences, annealing temperatures and size of amplicons. Derivation of primer sequences: H and B denote human and bovine respectively. The nucleotide positions of the primer sequences are in parenthesis. Nucleotides highlighted in bold denote differences in the orthologous gene sequences.

CDC27

(1226–1250) ^H

TATTACATCTCCCCCAAACGCACTG

54

311

NM_001256 ^H

CB170694 ^B

(1512–1536) ^H

CCATTTCACGAAGAAGGCTCATCAA

CDC6

(89–113) ^B

TCCCAAGCGGGTTGGTG TTATTCAC

54

208

NM_001254 ^H

BF600055 ^B

(272–296) ^B

GCGACAGACTG TACTGTAGGCTTCA

PCNA

(195–217) ^B

GAGGCGCT TAAGGATCTCAT CAA

54

382

AF527838 ^H

CB531519 ^B

(554–576) ^B

ATTCACCAGAAGGCATCTTTACT

SLC11A3

(38–61) ^B

ACCCCTGGAGGGAACTCATCTAAT

57

276

AF215636.1 ^H

BG689712 ^B

(290–313) ^B

GCTGATGCTCCCATCAAAATACTG

VDAC2

(652–675) ^B

CCTC GGTTGTGATGTTGACTTTGA

57

448

NM_003375.1 ^H

TC152811 ^B

(1076–1099) ^B

GTGGCCTCCAGCATTAATGCTCTT

CALNEXIN

(1054–1078): ^H

GCTGGTTAGATGATGAGCCTGAGTA

56

237

NM_001746.1 ^H

BM431118 ^B

(1266–1290): ^H

TCCTG GGTTTCCAGATTCCCTGGTA

β-ACTIN

441–461) ^H

GTTGCTATCCAGGCTGTGCT

60

469

NM_001101 ^H

NM_173979 ^B

(890–910) ^H

CGGATGTCCACGTCACACTT