Oligonucleotide sequences used in PCR amplification
| Gene | Primer | Position | Sequence | GenBank Accession No |
| c-fos | Fos5L | 2490-2511 | AGGAGAATCCGAAGGGAAAGGA | |
| Fos6R | 3000-2979 | AGTCATCAAAGGGCTCGGTCTT | K00650 | |
| c-myc | Myc1L | 1374-1395 | TCCTGGCAAAAGGTCAGAGTCT | |
| Myc2R | 1624-1602 | TCTTGACATTCTCCTCGGTGTC | V00568 | |
| c-jun | c-jun1L | 1275-1296 | GGAAACGACCTTCTATGACGAT | |
| c-jun2R | 1590-1571 | GAACCCCTCCTGCTCATCTG | J04111 | |
| Cathepsin L | CAT1L | 232-253 | AGTTTAGAGGCACAGTGGACCA | |
| CATL2R | 444-423 | GCCATTCATCACCTGCCTGAAT | M20496 | |
| Cathepsin B | CTB1L | 974-995 | GCTCTACAAGTCAGGAGTGTAC | |
| CTB2R | 1182-1161 | GAATTCCAGCCACCACTTCTGA | M14221 | |
| Collagenase | Coll1L | 55-75 | ATGCACAGCTTTCCTCCACTG | |
| Coll2R | 220-240 | TTCAACCACTGGGCCACTATT | M15996 | |
| β actin | BAC1L | 1561-1581 | AAGGCCAACCGCGAGAAGATG | |
| BAC4R | 2596-2575 | AAGGTAGTTTCGTGGATGCAAC | M10277 |
All primers are shown in 5’ to 3’ direction. Sense strand oligonucleotides are indicated with an L and antisense oligonucleotides with an R.