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Table 1 Primers designed and used in this work

From: Enhancement of carotenoid production by disrupting the C22-sterol desaturase gene (CYP61) in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Primer

Sequence 5’ to 3’

Target

1

H-out.F

CTCGATGAGCTGATGCTTTG

Hygromycin B resistance cassette

2

H-out.R

TCCATCACAGTTTGCCAGTG

Hygromycin B resistance cassette

3

Zeo.F

TGAACAGGGTCACGTCGT

Zeocin resistance cassette

4

Zeo.R

CGCTGATGAACAGGGTCAC

Zeocin resistance cassette

5

CYP61up2.F

CTGGAGCCGAATTCATTGAT

CYP61 gene

6

CYP61dw2.R

AGGAGGCAGAGTGGTTGAGA

CYP61 gene

7

CYP61b.F

GTCGGAGGAAGAGCAGTTTG

CYP61 gene

8

CYP61.F

CTGAGCCCTGTCTTGTTGCC

CYP61 gene

9

CYP61.R

ATTGTACACCTTTGTTCCAGGC

CYP61 gene

RT-qPCR (The pairs of primers used had efficiency greater than 95%, as determined by standard curves with a correlation coefficient of R2 ≥ 0.996):

10

mactF-RT

CCGCCCTCGTGATTGATAAC

ACT gene

11

mactR-RT

TCACCAACGTAGGAGTCCTT

ACT gene

12

hmgR.F-RT

GGCCGATCGCTATACATCCGTTT

HMGR gene

13

hmgR.R-RT

ATCCAGTTGATGGCAGAAGGCT

HMGR gene

  1. F and R in the primer name indicate the primer orientation.