Figure 3

Specificity, efficiency, and reproducibility of PCR primers designed to amplify reference gene transcripts. Specificity of primers was confirmed by the presence of unique amplicons of the expected size following electrophoresis on 3% (v/w) agarose gels (A) and by dissociation curves with a single peak (B to D). Typical real-time RT-PCR amplification plots of three reference gene transcripts (E to G).