Table 2. Primers used in the qPCR assay. The reference transcript (Ref), primer positions (Pos), and blastx-based annotation (UniProt ID) are indicated for each gene (GenBank assembly accession: GIDI00000000). Efficiency of qPCR (E) for each gene was tested in a 10x-serial dilution with at least four concentration points (N = 3 at each concentration).