Table 1. Primers used in this study.

Primer name	Forward primer	Backward primer	Notes
Mom1-1	5′-gtaaggtggctccgtggtaa-3′	5′-catacccaatgccctttttg-3′	Promoter region
Mom1-5′-UTR-1	5′-cccagtcaggagaggtttca-3′	5′-ggactcattccccagaattg-3′	5′-UTR region
Mom1-5′-UTR-2	5′-atcggcttgcaaagagaatg-3′	5′-ctggaaaccactgggacact-3′	5′-UTR region
Mom1-2	5′-ggcagttggaattcaggaaa-3′	5′-ttgagcctgaaaggaaatgg-3′
Mom1-3	5′-tcaccaccctttaccaggtc-3′	5′-acctcggctggctggaaac-3′
Mom1-4	5′-gtaaggccaccccagttctc-3′	5′-atcttttggccacactctgc-3′
Mom1-5	5′-cctaaaacagggcacacaca-3′	5′-agtggctgaggatgaccttg-3′
Mom1-6	5′-gccctctgcagtgtatgaaa-3′	5′tccaagttatgagaacacacacg-3′
Mom1-7	5′-aggccctcacaagtaaagca-3′	5′-cctggtttttgatggctctc-3′	3′-UTR region
Mom-2*	5′-accatctctccagcaccaag-3′	5′-ggcaaaatgagacttaaatgctt-3′	Flanks exon 3 of Atp5a
Mom-5*	5′-tgttggaacgtgtttttgga-3′	5′-aatcgcatagatacactgtctgag-3′
Mom-7*	5′-aacccaggactgcttccttt-3′	5′-ttagaaggcaggagcagagg-3′
Primers for screening for Pla2g2a promoter polymorphisms
Pla2g2aF	5′-tgattttgaaacctctcctga-3′		Common primer
Pla2g2aSR	5′-acttcacaaaagcttctgtaac -3′		Wild-type- specific primer
Pla2g2aRR	5′-tcgtatccctgaatgtcttca		Polymorphism- specific primer
Primers for cloning Pla2g2a promoter and 5′-UTR regions
Pla2g2a Prom	5′-ggccgcggtaccgtgttctgcctcagctccat- 3′	5′-gcggcgcctaggtttcctgaattccaactgccc tt-3′
Pla2g2a 5′-UTR	5′-ggccgccctaggaacaagacaaggccttgaacaa-3	5′-gcggcgccatgggctgtcagctctgtgaaggaca-3′
Primers for cloning Pla2g2a coding exons and intervening introns
Pla2 W	5′-ggccgcccatggatgaaggtcctcctgctgctag-3′	5′-gcggcgtctagattgtctgatgaattgctttacttg-3′
Primers for QRT-PCR for Pla2g2a mRNA
Pla2g2a	5′-tacaagcgcctggagaaaag-3′	5′-ggccttatcgcactgacaca-3′
Mouse Hprt	5′-tgctcgagatgtcatgaagg-3′	5′-tatgtcccccgttgactgat-3′	Mouse Hprt
Amp	5′-ggtcctccgatcgttgtcag-3′	5′-cggtcgccgcatacactatt-3′	Vector Amp
Human HPRT	5′-tgacactggcaaaacaatgca-3′	5′-ggtccttttcaccagcaagct-3′
Human GAPDH	5′-ccatcactgccacccagaag-3′	5′-agcttcccgttcagctcagg-3′	DNA sequences