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Table 3 Characteristics of gene-specific qPCR assays

From: Reference gene selection for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma gene expression studies

Gene name

(synonym)

Genebank Access n°

Gene ID

Gene location

Primer sequence 5'-3'

Amplicon size

PCR efficiency

ACTB

actin, beta

NM_001101

60

7p15-p12

f: tggctggggtgttgaaggtct

r: agcacggcatcgtcaccaact

238

1.98

ALAS1

aminolevulinate delta synthase 1, transcript variant 1

NM_000688

211

3p21.1

f: aacttgccaaaatctgtttc

r: ggtgatgagggagtctgaat

159

1.99

B2M

beta-2-microglobulin

NM_004048

567

15q21-q22.2

f: cagcgtactccaaagattca

r: gaatgctccactttttcaat

240

1.95

GAPDH

glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

NM_002046

2597

12p13

f: tgaacgggaagctcactgg

r: tccaccaccctgttgctgta

307

1.90

HMBS

hydroxymethylbilane synthase, transcript variant 1

NM_000190

3145

11q23.3

f: gaaagacaacagcatcatgag

r: accaaggagcttgaacatgc

145

1.98

HPRT1

hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1

NM_000194

3215

Xq26.1

f: ctgacctgctggattaca

r: gcgaccttgaccatcttt

256

1.90

K-ALPHA

tuba1a, tubulin

NM_006082

10376

12q13.12

f: cagatgccaagtgacaagac

r: tccaacacaaggtcaatgat

257

1.94

RPL27

ribosomal protein L27

NM_000988

6155

17q21.1-q21.2

f: tcgccaagagatcaaagataa

r: ctgaagacatccttattgacg

121

1.94

RPS18

ribosomal protein S18

NM_022551

6222

6p21.3

f: agcttgttgtccagaccatt

r: tgaggaaagcagacattgac

187

1.84

RPS29

ribosomal protein S29 transcript variant 2

NM_001030001

6235

14q

f: gcactgctgagagcaagatg

r: ataggcagtgccaaggaaga

213

1.95

SDHA

succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit A, flavoprotein

NM_004168

6389

5p15

f: agcaagctctatggagacct

r: taatcgtactcatcaatccg

200

1.80

TBP

TATA box binding protein

NM_003194

6908

6q27

f: cacgaaccacggcactgatt

r: ttttcttgctgccagtctggac

89

2.01