qRT-PCR was performed to determine the expression patterns of UGT genes in different strains and tissues using an Applied Biosystems™ QuantStudio™ 6 Flex Real-Time PCR System. Primers were designed by Beacon Designer 7.0 (Premier Biosoft International, Palo Alto, CA, USA) and are listed in Table S3 (Supplementary Materials). A ChamQTM SYBR® qPCR Master Mix (Vazyme biotech Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China) was used according to the manufacturer’s protocol. Normalization of each experimental gene expression level was conducted based on the geometric mean of two selected reference genes, G3PDH and Actin A1 [8 (link)]. The expression stability of the two reference genes was analyzed with geNorm Software [35 (link)]. Data were calculated according to the 2−ΔΔCt method.
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