Table II.

Primers

For Northern blotting
hERRα
Direction	Exon	Sequence
forward	exon 1	5′-ACA AGC AGC CGG CGG CGC CGC CGA GTG A3′
reverse	exon 2	5′AT GTC GAC TCC TCC TCT TCC TTG3′
forward	exon 6	5′AGA TGT CAG TAC TGC AGA GCG T3′
reverse	Exon 7	5′GCT TCA TAC TCC AGC AGG3′
hERRγ
forward	exon 1	5′ATG TCA AAC AAA GAT CGA CAC3′
reverse	exon 2	5′ GCC CAC TAC CTC CCA GGA TA3′
hPGC-1α
forward	exon 2	5′TTT GCC CAG ATC TTC CTG AAC3′
reverse	exon 3	5′ATG AGG CCA ATC CGT CTT C3′
hβ-Actin
forward	exon 5	5′GAC AGG ATG CAG AAG GAG ATC AC3′
reverse	exon 6	5′GCT GAT CCA CAT CTG CTG GAA3′
For real time PCR
mERRα
forward	exon 6	5′TTC GGC GAC TGC AAG CTC3′
reverse	exon 7	5′CAC AGC CTC AGC ATC TTC AAT G3′
mβ-Actin
forward	exon 5	5′GAC AGG ATG CAG AAG GAG ATT AC3′
reverse	exon 6	5′GCT GAT CCA CAT CTG CTG GAA3′
mERRγ
Applied Biosystems assay ID Mm00516267_m1
mPGC-1α
Applied Biosystems assay ID Mm00447183_m1
For EMSA
1x ERE
top strand	5′CCC GAA GCT TCT AGG TCA CAG TGA C3′
bottom strand	5′GC TCG AGG TCA CTG TGA CCT AGA AG3′
For ChIP assay
MHRE region
forward	5′GTC AGT GCA GGA CAG CCC GCG AG3′
reverse	5′GAT AGG GCC CGG ACG GAG AAA GC3′
4 kb upstream
forward	5′GCA TAG CGA CAC TCG GGA CCT3′
reverse	5′GCG GGT CTT GCT AAT GTT G3′