Table 1.

Primers and Restriction Enzymes Used

Exon/Intron	Mutations/Polymorphisms	Enzyme	Primer Pair
Exon 4A	735C→T	MspI	4AF: 5′-AGCCGCCAGAGAAGCCACCAG-3′
			4AR: 5′-GGAACGTCAGAAGCAGCAGGAGTC-3′
Exon 9	G272V	Hinf I	9F: 5′-GCCCAGGGCCTTTTCTGACC-3′
			9R: 5′-CACTCTCACTTCCCGCCTC-3′
Intron 9	−177C→T*	Hinf I	10F: 5′-AGCCCTCTATCCCTTCAG-3′
			10RM: 5′-GCATGGGACGTGTGAAGGTAC-3′
	−58G→A*	TaqI	ModF: 5′-TCATCGAAAGTGGAGGCGTCCTTTC-3′
			ModR: 5′-GGCTACATTCACCCAGAGGTCGC-3′
Intron 10			10F: 5′-AGCCCTCTATCCCTTCAG-3′
			10R: 5′-GGCTACATTCACCCAGAGGT-3′
Intron 12			12F: 5′-GCACAGAACCACAGAAGATGATGGCA-3′
			12R: 5′-AGCATCCAACCCACCCTACCC-3′
Intron 13	G389R	NciI	13F: 5′-GTCCCTCCCTTCCTCTTCTTG-3′
	R406W	NcoI	13R: 5′-GAGTGACAAAAGCAGGTTAAGTGAT-3′

^*New sequence variations described in the present study (see “Results” and Table 3).