The primers were designed from the nucleotide
sequences of genes encoding ten proteins identifi ed in
this study, one house-keeping gene, ubiquitin5 (UBQ5)
(12) and a previously reported salt-regulated gene (SalT)
(13) and chloroplast ATP synthase β-subunit (CF1β),
using the primer3 program (http://frodo.wi.mit.edu/
cgi-bin/primer3/primer3_www.cg).