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Table 4 Cloning parameters for candidate reference genes*

From: The use of reference gene selection programs to study the silvering transformation in a freshwater eel Anguilla australis: a cautionary tale

Gene

Primers (5 μM)

Accession number

Anneal. temp. (°C)

Frag. size (bp)

Seq. identity (ref. species, accession number)

eef1 ‡

FW: atgggaaaggaaaagatccacatca

RV: tcaagcttcttgccagaacgacggt

HM367094

52

1163

99% (A. anguilla, EU407825.1)

actb

FW: agagctacgagctgcctgac

RV: cgggtggggcaataatct

HM357464

60

288

92% (A. Anguilla, DQ493907.1)

odc1

FW: caratgatgacnttygayws

RV: ccrtcrttnacrtartacat

HM357466

60

581

84% (Salmo salar, BT044794.1)

18s

FW: gtacacacggccggtacagt

RV: ggtaggcgcagaaagtacca

FM946133

60

302

100% (A. Australis, FM946133)

  1. *l36 (HM357467) and nop14 (HM357468) sequences were obtained whilst sequencing expressed sequence tags from a suppressive subtractive hybridization library (Lokman, unpubl. data).
  2. ‡From Lokman et al (2007).