Research Article

Cloning, Sequencing, and the Expression of the Elusive Sarcomeric TPM4α Isoform in Humans

Table 1

Nucleotide sequences of the primer-pairs used for conventional and qRT-PCR analyses.

PrimerIsoformType of PCRSequence

TPM4-F-1 (P1+)TPM4Both conventional
& qRT-PCR
5′-CAGCCATGGAGGCCATCAAGA-3′

TPM4-R-1 (P2−)TPM4Conventional5′-CACCATGTGAGAAGGACAGA-3′
TPM4-R-2TPM4qRT-PCR5′-ACGAGCTGGATGCGTCGGT-3′

TPM4-F-1 (P3+)TPM4Conventional
& qRT-PCR
5′-ATGGCCGGCCTCAACTCCCTGG-3′

TPM4d-R-1TPM4dConventional5′-CACCATGTGAGAAGGACAGA-3′
TPM4d-R-2TPM4dqRT-PCR5′-ACGAGCTGGATGCGTCGGT-3′

18s rRNA-F18s rRNAqRT-PCR5′-TGCTGCAGTTAAAAAGCTCGTA-3′
18s rRNA-R18s rRNAqRT-PCR5-ACCAACAAAATAGAACCGCGG-3′