Table 1.

Primer sequences of the coding exons and flanking intron sequences with appropriate PCR product length and annealing temperatures

Exon	Sequence	Tm (C)	Size (bp)
X2-F	AAGTTGCCGATGGATGTTGT	60.38	168
X2-R	tttgaagaagaaaatgagcacttg	59.93
X3-F	gtttcctcagagtggccaaa	60.23	336
X3-R	gtcaccagagggaccagatg	60.53
X4-F	ctggaagcgcaaatgttaga	59.06	199
X4-R	acactgtctgtcagcccctc	60.32
X5-F	gaatggcctgaagtgtggtt	59.97	227
X5-R	ctgtgggtgtcaggcgtc	61.38
X6-F	gtccggtggacgctgaag	62.89	229
X6-R	cctggggtgatgcctctg	62.71
X7-F	gcagtgctgagtccctgtg	60.63	203
X7-R	acgtgacgtttaatccagcc	60.00
X8-F	ctccacttccttatgagccg	59.83	251
X8-R	tgaatgcaccaagactgagc	59.99
X9-F	ttggaattcgacttcttcgac	59.30	192
X9-R	caccaagggagggctagg	60.60
X10-F	aaaaggcagaggtttcagca	59.99	324
X10-R	agagcaccacatgtctggg	59.68
X11-F	gagggagctttggtctcctg	61.30	277
X11-R	ccactcacctccccagtg	60.08
X12-F	tggccctggtgaagtaacac	60.95	457
X12-R	TGAGAGAGGCAGGAAGAGGA	60.21

Exon 1 is noncoding. The same primers were used for direct sequencing of PCR products.