| Characteristics | CEA | MUC1 | 18s rRNA |
| NCBI accession number | M29540 | NM_002456 | X03205 |
| Forward primer | accctggatgtcctctatgg | GTGCCCCCTAGCAGTACCG | gtaacccgttgaaccccatt |
| Primer length | 20 | 19 | 20 |
| Amount of use | 10 picomol | 10 picomol | 10 picomol |
| Reverse primer | caggcataggtcccgttatta | GACGTGCCCCTACAAGTTGG | ccatccaatcggtagtagcg |
| Primer length | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Amount of use | 10 picomol | 10 picomol | 10 picomol |
| Amplicon length | 174 | 123 | 152 |
| Optimized annealing temperature | 61.4˚C | 61.6˚C | 53.6˚C |