Table 3.
Primers Used
| Gene | Region | Forward Primer* | Reverse Primer* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEKHA1 | Exon 12 | CTGACCGTGTCTGACTGCC | CCCCTTATCATCTTTGGCTA |
| Putative LOC387715/ARMS2 | Exon 1 | TTGTGTGACGGGAAAAGACA | AAGCACCTGAAGGCTGGTTA |
| Putative LOC387715/ARMS2 | Exon 2 | TTGTTACAAAAGGAATGGAATGTC | GGAATGCAGTGACAGAGAGGA |
| HTRA1 | Promoter a | ATGCCACCCACAACAACTTT | GGTTCTCTCGCTGAGATTCG |
| HTRA1 | Promoter b | CGGATGCACCAAAGATTCTCC | TTCGCGTCCTTCAAACTAATGG |
| HTRA1 | Exon 1a | GAGGCCCTCCTGCACTCT | CAGGTTGGCGTAGGTGTTG |
| HTRA1 | Exon 1b | GAGTCGCCATGCAGATCC | CGAGCTGGGATGGAGAGA |
| HTRA1 | Exon 2 | AAACAAACTTGGGCCATCAG | TTGCTAGTGGCGGTGAAAG |
| HTRA1 | Exon 3 | TAGGTGTGTGTGGCTGTTGC | AAGTTTTCCTGAGCCCCTTC |
| HTRA1 | Exon 4 | CGCAGCAAAGGGATGTTAGT | GAATCCACATGGCTTGGTCT |
| HTRA1 | Exon 5 | CCAGGCAGGGACATAGATTG | TCAGCAGCCCAGGAGATTTA |
| HTRA1 | Exon 6 | GGTGTCCTGATGCCTCTCTC | TGCCATGATCAGAGGACAAA |
| HTRA1 | Exon 7 | GTCCAGACCAGGATTTGAGC | CCAAGGCTAATGACCTGTCC |
| HTRA1 | Exon 8 | AGGAGAAGACGGGAACTGGT | CTCGTGGAGCAAGGACTTTT |
| HTRA1 | Exon 9/3′-UTR | CTGACCCACTGATGGTTTGA | CTATTCCAGCAGCCCAGAGT |
Primers are written in the 5′ to 3′ direction and were chosen to encompass the entire coding region and flanking intronic sequences using the Primer3 program (http://primer3.sourceforge.net).