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Table 2 Gene identification, primers, gene region amplified, amplicon size and PCR annealing temperature.

From: Silencing of a putative immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection rate of Babesia bovis in larval progeny

Gene identification (purpose)

TC number* or GenBank identification

Forward primer

(5'-3')

Reverse primer

(5'-3')

Size (bp)

Annealing temperature (°C)

Imnp (full-length)

TC12157

gcagaattaactatcgcaaa

tttgtgtggtggaaatgaa

928

58

Imnp (dsRNA synthesis)

TC12157

agacttcacgaatcacaa

taagaagaaaggaaaagttg

380

58

Imnp (real-time PCR)

TC12157

ggttacttgtgtggttgt

gtgtggtggaaatgaat

64

60

Spi (full-length)

TC9311

caattcatcctgtgtattctcg

aacccattcgcctgttacg

1652

58

Spi (dsRNA synthesis)

TC9311

caattcatcctgtgtattctcg

caacaacttcgtgactct

396

58

Spi (real-time PCR)

TC9311

taatagcgagggaagtag

caccaaggagaccatttc

135

60

Lpc (full-length)

TC8123

accccgaatccctgtgtt

cagtgccgaccaaagtaagg

731

58

Lpc (dsRNA synthesis)

TC8123

gagaagataggaaatgtgta

tctctgttgtagacgaagt

379

58

Lpc (real-time PCR)

TC8123

aaggagggaagaatacac

ctcaagtttcaaggacag

134

60

Actin (real-time PCR)

AY255624

tcctctccttccttctac

aaagttctgttcgtcgt

103

60

tubulin (real-time PCR)

AA257910

tgtgccccgtgccgtattt

ggcaccagagcgaacct

64

60

G6PDH (real-time PCR)

EU595881

ttctctctctcctcagtg

gaagatgtgttgttgtcc

88

60

PHGPx (real-time PCR)

DQ180067

accaacaagaactacacg

cttctttatgtctgcctca

131

60

  1. Imnp - a putative immunophilin gene; Spi - a putative Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor; Lpc - a putative lipocalin gene; TC - tentative consensus; * the R. microplus Gene Index Project http://compbio.dfci.harvard.edu/tgi/tgipage.html.