Table 1

Oligonucleotide primers employed at melting temperatures (TM in °C) used to determine the expression of RLN2, human RXFP1 relaxin receptor (RXFP1), S100A4 and 18S transcripts in human breast cancer cell lines and xenograft tumours.

Primer
size
primer sequence (5'-3')
TM
cycles

S100A4
289 bp
sense – gaa ggc cct gga tgt gat ggt g
65°C
35


antisense – cat ttc ttc ctg ggc tgc tta tc


RLN2
485 bp
sense – tct gtt tac tac tga acc aat tt
55°C
35


antisense – cat ggc aac att tat tag cca a


RXFP1
243 bp
sense – ccc aat tct cta tac tct gac cac aag
65°C
35


antisense – tca tga ata gga att gag tct cgt tga tt


18S
344 bp
sense – gtt ggt gga gcg att tgt ctg g
62°C
10


antisense – agg gca ggg act taa tca acg c



Radestock et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R71   doi:10.1186/bcr2136

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