Table 1. PCR primers used for discriminating prominin-1 splice variants.

Amplified region	SV	Forward primer	Reverse primer
exon 2 – exon 25	1/2	5′-CTGCATTCCATAACACTCCT-3′	5′-CAGGATTGTGAACACCATAT-3′
exon 3a – exon 4b	1/2	5′-GACATCTCAGTTGATTCCAAGG-3′	5′-CATGGCGCATTCTGCTTCTGC-3′
exon 2 – exon 3b	2	5′-ATGGCTCTCGTCTTCAGTGC-3′	5′-CTTCAGAGCCAAGACTATGA-3′
exon 9 – exon 24a	3	5′-CAACACTGTTACTGAAGTCGACAA-3′	5′-AAAGTGAAATGCCACAATCC-3
exon 8 – exon 11	4/5	5′-CTCAATACCAACCTGAGCTC-3′	5′-GGAGCTAATGGAGTCCAAGG-3′
exon 18 – exon 24a	6	5′-ACAGAATATAAGAGCCATCC-3′	5′-TAAAGTGAAATGCCACATCC-3′
exon 18 – exon 26	7/8	5′-ACAGAATATAAGAGCCATCC-3′	5′-CAACTCCAGTTGTCAGTATCGAG-3′
exon 19a – exon 23	8	5′-ATTTGTGAGGGTGAGGAATA-3′	5′-ACATCCTCTGAATCCATCCT-3′