Table 1

Oligonucleotide PCR primers used in this study

Primer	cDNA fragment/ exon	Fragment size (bp)	Primer position^1-150	Sequence
C-NAG 1F	c-NAG 1	785	78 to 97	5′ CGCGGGACCCGCAGGACTGA 3′
C-NAG 1R			862 to 843	5′ GTGACAGCCTCGGGAACATG 3′
C-NAG 2F	c-NAG 2	869	860 to 879	5′ CACCAGGGTGTTCCCTCAGG 3′
C-NAG 2R			1728 to 1709	5′ GCAGCCGCCAGGCCTCAAAC 3′
C-NAG 3F	c-NAG 3	787	1596 to 1615	5′ CGGAGTGTGTACAACTGCTC 3′
C-NAG 3R			2383 to 2364	5′ GAATCTGCCCTGGAATTAGC 3′
NAG 1.1F	ex 1.1	367	−194 to −175	5′ GGAGCCGGGGTCACACGCTC 3′
NAG 1.1R			274 to 255	5′ GCAGCCAGAGCGCGCTCCAC 3′
NAG 1.2F	ex 1.2	326	255 to 274	5′ GTGGAGCGCGCTCTGGCTGC 3′
NAG 1.2R			+96 to +77	5′ GCCAGCGCTCCCCGCTCAGC 3′
NAG 2F	ex 2	320	−82 to −66	5′ TAGGTGGGGGATGGGGGAT 3′
NAG 2R			+91 to +72	5′ GAGACACTGCGCCCATGCTG 3′
NAG 3F	ex 3	377	−80 to −61	5′ CAATGAGTGAATGGTTGTTG 3′
NAG 3R			+150 to +130	5′ CACTGCTGTCCTATGAGAAG 3′
NAG 4F	ex 4	247	−70 to −51	5′ CCTGGGAGATGAGGGCCTTC 3′
NAG 4R			+91 to +72	5′ CCCGGCCCAGAGCTTAAGTT 3′
NAG 5F	ex 5	393	−52 to −33	5′ GTGAACACTATGGCGGCTTC 3′
NAG 5R			+84 to +65	5′ CCCTCTGCCTACCCCTACTG 3′
NAG 6.1F	ex 6.1	389	−32 to −13	5′ TCTTCTCTGTTCCCCCTACC 3′
NAG 6.1R			1479 to 1460	5′ CAGCCATGAGGGAATAGACC 3′
NAG 6.2F	ex 6.2	336	1412 to 1431	5′ CATGGTAGGCACGGGCATGG 3′
NAG 6.2R			1747 to 1728	5′ GAGGGAGCAGATGTGAGCAG 3′
NAG 6.3F	ex 6.3	390	1660 to 1679	5′ GGCCGTCCCTACAGATGAAT 3′
NAG 6.3R			2049 to 2030	5′ CCCACAAGGTCAGCTGGTAG 3′
NAG 6.4F	ex 6.4	271	1978 to 1997	5′ GAGCAGCGGCAGTCAGTGAG 3′
NAG 6.4R			2248 to 2229	5′ GGGTACCTCTGCTTGCTGAG 3′
NAG 6.5F	ex 6.5	319	2170 to 2189	5′ TCCCTTTCCAACAGCACCAG 3′
NAG 6.5R			2488 to 2469	5′ AGGTCATTTCCCTCCAATCC 3′

↵1-150 Primers located in exonic regions are numbered according to ref 5, those located in introns are numbered from each intron/exon border.