Table 2

The primer sequences for the real-time PCR experiments. The gene specific primer for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) NtWBC1 gene and Arabidopsis AtWBC19 gene were designed as follows.

Gene Name

Forward Primer

Reverse Primer

NtWBC1

ATCTCACGTAGCCGGAGCA

TTTGTTCTGGTGGACGGGAT

AtWBC19

AAGAAACGCGGCGAACAC

GCCGTCTCTCTCCTCCAGAA

AtWBC19

TTAGCCAAACGGTACATGAAAAAC

CCAGTCACCATTACCGTAGCAA

Yuan et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2007 8(Suppl 7):S6   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-8-S7-S6