Total RNA was isolated with over 1000 young adult worms using TransZol Up (Code#ET111–01, TransGen Biotech, Beijing, China), and reversed to cDNA using Prime Script RT reagent Kit (Cat#RR047A, Takara Bio Inc. Kusatsu, Japan). SYBR1 × green mix (Trans Start TipTop Green qPCR SuperMix, Cat#AQ141, TransGen Biotech, Beijing, China) was used for the qPCR reaction. The real-time amplification was monitored by ABI 7900HT analyzer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). Relative expression of genes was calculated according to the ΔΔCt method [42 (link)]. β-Actin was used as the reference gene.
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