Feeding mice with diets containing mercury-contaminated fish flesh from French Guiana: a model for the mercurial intoxication of the Wayana Amerindians

Table 3 Specific primer pairs for the Mus musculus genes used. ^a

Gene name	Accession number	Primer (5'-3')
β-actin	XR_004211	CACGGTGGGTAAGAGACAG^b AGGGGGAATGGTGAGCAG^c
Bax	BC018228	AACTTCAACTGGGGCCG^b CACTGTCTGCCATGTGGG^c
CoxI	NC_005089	TCACCCTAGATGACACATGAGC^b TGAAGCAAAGGCCTCTCAAAT^c
Fos	NM_010234	CCGAAGGGAACGGAATAAGA^b GCAGGCAGGTCGGTGG^c
Gsta4	NM_010357	AGACCACGGAGAGGCT^b CCTGACCACCTCAACATAGGG^c
Mt1	NM_013602	ATGGACCCCAACTGCCTCCTG^b CAGCCCTGGGCACATTTGGAC^c
Mt2	NM_008630	ATGGACCCCAACTGCCTCCTG^b CAGCCCTGGGAGCACTTCGCA^c
Sod2	NM_013671	TCTCAACGCCACCGAGG^b AGACCCAAAGTCACGCT^c
Sod3	NM_011435	TAGGACGACGAAGGGAGGT^b GGTCCCCGAACTCATGC^c

^a Abbreviations: β-actin: cytoplasmic β-actin; Bax: Bcl2-associated X protein; Cox I: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; fos: FBJ osteosarcoma oncogene; Gsta4: glutathione S-transferase, alpha 4; Mt1: metallothionein isoform 1; Mt2: metallothionein isoform 2; Sod2: mitochondrial superoxide dismutase; Sod3: extracellular superoxide dismutase.
^b:upstream primer; ^c:reverse primer.

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