“…First strand cDNA was used in the amplification with the combination of the same upstream primer F1 and different downstream primers R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7 and R8 (Table 2). PCR was performed in 20 Al of the reaction mix described previously (Dergunova et al, 2003) containing 1 Al of reverse transcription reaction mix. PCR parameters were as follows: 4 min at 94 jC followed by 30 cycles of 94 jC for 1 min, 65 jC for 1 min and 72 jC for 1 min followed by a 10-min final elongation at 72 jC.…”