Table 2

Medicago reference genes and primers for qRT-PCR

Gene Name
TC
Accession
Number
Forward/Reverse Primer (5'-3')
PCR
Product
Size (bp)
PCR
efficiency
(E)
R2

β Tubulin
TC106341
N
TTTGCTCCTCTTACATCCCGTG / GCAGCACACATCATGTTTTTGG
100
1.08
1.00
PPRrep
TC96273
N
GGAAAACTGGAGGATGCACGTA / ACAAGCCCTCGACACAAAACC
100
0.93
1.00
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TC107161
N
GTGTTTTGCTTCCGCCGTT / CCAAATCTTGCTCCCTCATCTG
100
0.99
1.00
bHLH
CX538576
N
TAGCGAGTACCATGATGCCAGA / GCGCCTCTTTTGTTTTCAGC
100
0.89
1.00
UBC
AW686873
N
CTGACAGCCCACTGAATTGTGA / TTTTGGCATTGCTGCAAGC
100
0.96
1.00
PTB
TC111751
N
CGCCTTGTCAGCATTGATGTC / TGAACCAGTGCCTGGAATCCT
100
0.85
1.00
Ubiquitin
TC102473
AC137828_19.4
GCAGATAGACACGCTGGGA / AACTCTTGGGCAGGCAATAA
100
0.95
1.00
UBC9
TC106312
AC137602_2.4
GGTTGATTGCTCTTCTCTCCCC / AAGTGATTGCTCGTCCAACCC
100
1.13
0.99
Helicase
CB892427
N
GTACGAGGTCGGTGCTCTTGAA / GCAACCGAAAATTGCACCATAC
100
0.91
1.00
ELF1α
EST317575
N
GACAAGCGTGTGATCGAGAGATT / TTTCACGCTCAGCCTTAAGCT
100
0.68
0.98
UPL7
TC111218
N
CCAGTTGTTCTCGTGGTCCATT / CCTCCAATTGTCGCCCAAA
100
0.93
1.00
GAPDH
MtC00030_GC
CT573421_3.4
TGCCTACCGTCGATGTTTCAGT / TTGCCCTCTGATTCCTCCTTG
100
1.04
0.99
Actin2
TC107326
AC137836_27.5
TCAATGTGCCTGCCATGTATGT / ACTCACACCGTCACCAGAATCC
100
1.12
0.99
MSC27
X63872 (M. sativa)
N
GTTGAAGTAGACATTGGTGCTAACG / AGCTGAGTCATCAACACCCTCAT
100
0.76
0.99

Mean PCR efficiency (E) was determined from three biological replicates of each of six organs, using LinRegPCR [31], which also yielded mean R2. N, no corresponding GenBank accession number.

Kakar et al. Plant Methods 2008 4:18   doi:10.1186/1746-4811-4-18