The cDNA synthesis for qPCR was transcribed through a OneScript cDNA Synthesis Kit (ABM, Richmond, ON, Canada). The levels of mRNA were quantified through quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) in StepOne Plus (Applied Biosystems), using KicqStart Kit (Sigma Aldrich, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) with specific primers (sequences in Table S5). All the procedures were conducted according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The relative expressions were calculated using the 2−ΔΔCt method [25 (link)]. The control transcripts used for 2−ΔΔCt were ATP5F1 and RPLP2 as a housekeeper for the mRNA [16 (link),23 (link)].
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