Table 1. List of primers designed for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

Primer Forward (F) Reverse (R) Annealing temperature (°C)
GAPDH 5’ - GAG GGT AGT GAA GGC TGC TG - 3’ 5’ - ACC AGG AAA CAA GCT TGA CG - 3’ 58.0
PAX3 5’ - AGC AAC TGG AAG AGC TGG AAA G -3’ 5’ - CTC CTG GGA TCA GGT GGT TAA A - 3’ 64.0
PAX7 5’ - AGC TGG CAG AGA TGG AGT TG - 3’ 5’ - CTA GTG GTG GTG GTG GCA AA - 3’ 64.0
MYF5 5’ - AGG AGG CTG AAG AAA GTG AAC C -3’ 5’ - TAG TTC TCC ACC TGT TCC CTC A - 3’ 60.0
MYOD1 5’ - CAG CTA CTA CAC AGA ATC ACC AA - 3’ 5’ - TCC CTT CAG CAA CAG CTT CA - 3’ 63.2
MYOG 5’ - TGC CCA AGG TGG AGA TCC TA - 3’ 5’ - GGG TTG GTG CCA AAC TCC AG - 3’ 63.2
MSTN 5’ - GGT ATC TGG CAG AGT ATT GAT GTG AA - 3’ 5’ - CAA AAT CTC TGC GGG ACC GT - 3’ 57.4
GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; PAX, paired box; MYF5, myogenic factor 5; MYOD1, myogenic differentiation 1; MYOG, myogenin; MSTN, myostatin.