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Table 1 Candidate reference gene description and details of the first set of primer sequences designed from the conserved regions of the specific reference genes

From: Selection and validation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in apomictic and sexual Cenchrus ciliaris

Gene name/description

Gene function

NCBI accession1

Primers-(5′-3′)

Amplicon size (bp)

forward/reverse

EF1alpha/elongation

  

AGGAACTTGGGCTCCTTCTC

225

Factor 1alpha

Translation

EB672663.1

/TCTCAAGCGTGGTTATGTGG

EIF4A/eukaryotic

  

CTGGCAGCTCCTCAATCAC

 

Initiation factor 4A

Translation

EB659100.1

/TTTGCCACTCACGGTGACAT

301

ACT2/actin2

Cytoskeleton

EB670295.1

ATCGTACTCCGCCTTTGAGA

425

/ACTACGAGCAGGAGCTGGAG

UBCE/ubiquitin

Protein

EB661936.1

GGGCTGTCGACTCGTACTTT

433

Conjugating enzyme

Aggregation

/CTGCGGAAGGAGTTTGTCAT

GAPDH/glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Glycolysis

EB653168.1

TCGTACCAGGAGACGAGCTT

404

/ATCACTGCCACCCAGAAGAC

TUBA/tubulin alpha

Microtubules

EB655254.1

TTCTCCATCATCACCTTCGTC/

560

TTTGATGGTGCTATCAACGTG

  1. 1 NCBI accession id for the C. ciliaris ESTs that were used in the primer design.