“…The extracted RNA was used as a template for reverse-transcription (RT) by using random hexamer primer (MBI, Fermentas, MD, USA) and 200U of MMuLV reverse transcriptase (Promega, Madison, USA). The amino terminal portion of N Protein coding sequence was amplified from the synthesized cDNA, by PCR using Pfu DNA polymerase (MBI, Fermentas, MD, USA) and PPRV N gene-specific primers PPRNF or (EcoRI): 5'-ATCT-GAATTCATGGCTACTCTCCTTAAAAGC-3' and PPRNRev (NotI) (His): 5'-ATG GCGGCCGCATG-GTGATGGTGATGGTGGAGTCCGGCTTCGA-CAATATA-3' modified from earlier reported one (Choi et al, 2005a;Yadav et al, 2009), which were designed based on published sequence (Accession #AY560591). The applied cycling conditions were: preheating at 95°C for 3min, 35 cycles of 94°C for 45sec, 50-60°C (incremental step up annealing +1°C/cycle) for 1 min and 72°C for 2 min with a final extension of 72°C for 10 min.…”