Research Article

Identification of Three Novel Splicing Variants and Expression Analysis of Chicken GPR1 Gene

Table 1

Primers used to study GPR1.

S. numberPrimer nameSequence (5′- to 3′-end)SourcePurpose

1.1GR1-5′-1 CAGATGACAATGGCATTGCCTGGGACTCConserved domains of published sequences (XM_015289515.1, 971405019)To obtain 5′-UTR and
3′-UTR
1.2GR1-5′-2 TATGGGCAATGCTGAGGGTGGACTGG
1.3GR1-5′-3 CTTCCTCAGGCAGGTCATAGAAATAAGAGTAG
2.1UPM-long ATAGGGCAAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGT
UPM-short ATAGGGC
3.1GR1-3′-1 GAGGAAGGCAGTAGCCAAGTGAAGCAGC
3.2GR1-3′-2 CACACTGAAGTCACTCTGAACTCTACAGATCACT
3.3GR1-3′-3 GCTACAGAGAGCACATCCCTGACTTACAGTGT

4.1GPR1-va-F TGACTGTTCATCACCATCCATCTTo measure expression levels of GPR1-va and GPR1-vb by qRT-PCR, respectively
4.2GPR1-va-R ATGCTGCAACCGCACCAC
5.1GPR1-vb-F TGTCACCATTTGCTACAAAATAGC
5.2GPR1-vb-R ATGCTGCAACCGCACCAC

6.1β-Actin-F2 TGTGCTGTCCCTGTATGCCTCSpecific regions of Gallus gallusβ-actin (L08165.1)
Specific regions of Gallus gallus GAPDH (NM_204305.1)
6.2β-Actin-R2 GGAGGGCGTAGCCTTCATAGA
7.1GAPDH-F CCAGAACATCATCCCAGCGTC
7.2GAPDH-R ACGGCAGGTCAGGTCAACAA