Table 1
List of oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Primer name

Sequence (5′-3′)

Thermal cycling conditions

Application

mmAQP1a FW

CAGAAATCTCCACATTACCAGC

35 cycles at 94 °C for 20 s, 58 °C for 20 s, 72 °C for 1.5 min, followed by a final elongation at 72 °C for 3 min

Isolation of mud loach aquaporin cDNAs

mmAQP1a RV

TCCTGAGGTACATACTGATTC

mmAQP3a FW

ACACACGTTCAAGGGAAAGC

mmAQP3a RV

CTGGCTGGATTCACAGCATA

mm18S rRNA RV

GGTTTCCCGTGTTGAGTCAA

Reverse transcription at 37 °C for 60 min

Preparation of normalization control

q-mmAQP1a FW

ATGAGAGTGCTGGTCTCTGG

45 cycles at 94 °C for 20 s, 60 °C for 20 s and 72 °C for 20 s

Real-time PCR assay of mud loach aquaporin mRNAs Real-time PCR assay of 18S rRNA control

q-mmAQP1a RV

AAAGACAGCTTCACAATTGC

q-mmAQP3a FW

TATGGAGGAGAATGTGAAGC

q-mmAQP3a RV

AATCTGGAGATGTGCAGCGT

q-mm18S rRNA FW

AAGCTCGTAGTTGGATCTCG

q-mm18S rRNA RV

CCTAGCTGCGGTATTCAGGC