All primers in this study (S1 Table) were designed using Primer 3 (http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/primer3/), and synthesized by Eurofins MWG Operon. SYBR Green based qRT-PCR was performed using ABsolute Blue qPCR SYBR Green ROX Mix (AB-4162, Thermo Scientific), using a Step One Plus Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems). For qRT-PCR data analysis, the fold change in the target gene relative to the GAPDH (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase) endogenous control gene was determined by the 2–Δ(ΔCt) method, as described previously [6 (link), 15 (link), 18 (link)–21 (link)].
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