Table 2

Genomic structure of NPAS3

Exon number	Exon position	Exon size	Intron size	3′ acceptor site	5′ donor site
Brackets demarcate a cryptic 3′ acceptor splice site at nucleotide position 1502 of exon 2.
1	1–114	114 (64 bp 5′ UTR)	274137		AGAACGgtaacact
2	115–1864	1749 (1670 bp 5′ UTR)	151798	(gatttcagTTTACA)	TAAAAGgtaagttt
3	1865–1942	77	192855	agttatagGTGCAC	TTGCAGgtaccttt
4	1943–2033	90	116393	tcctgcagTCCCTG	TCACAAgtaagtaa
5	2034–2209	175	4221	ccctctagGTGGAG	AGCCAGgtgggaat
6	2210–2649	439 (401 bp 3′ UTR)	54171	gtctccagTGGTTT
7	2650–2769	119	39014	ttcctcagTGGAGT	TATAAGgtaagccg
8	2770–2964	194	3926	ttttacagGTGATT	AAATAGgtactttg
9	2965–3072	107	15337	ctttgtagGATTAG	TGGACTgtaagtac
10	3073–3221	148	3414	ttcgccagTGCTGA	TCTTAGgtatattt
11	3222–3347	125	2153	ttccacagCAATCC	TTACAGgtattatt
12	3348–5347	1999 (625 bp 3′ UTR)		ccacacagAGGACA