Semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR and quantitative reverse transcriptase (qRT)-PCR
Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and qRT-PCR analyses were performed as previously described (Zhang, Liu, et al., 2014). RNA was extracted from 5-d-old seedlings. Three biological and three technical repetitions were performed for each combination of cDNA samples and primer pairs. The primers used are listed in Supplementary Table 1.