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Table 3 Primers for PCR analyses

From: Epigenetic predisposition to expression of TIMP1 from the human inactive X chromosome

Primer pair

Sequence

Use

TIMP1 5' (promoter) [14]

5'A: CCCTTGGGTTCTGCACTGA*

5'B: CCAAGCTGAGTAGACAGGC

Methylation

ChIP

DNase sensitivity

TIMP1 CA (gene body) [12]

CA1: GGGTTCCAAGCCTTAGGGGA

CA2: AGGCTGTTCCAGGGAGCCGC

DNase sensitivity

TIMP1 S (bisulfite)

5S: GttttTTGGtTTtTGtAtTGATGGT

3S: CCAAaCTaAaTAaACAaaCATCTAaC**

Bisulfite sequencing

ARAF1 M1:M4 (promoter) [14]

M1: TGCCAAAGCCCTAAGGTCA

M4: CGCTGTCGACGATGGTCT

M3: GTGAGGAAACAAGAAGAGAG

Methylation

ChIP

DNase sensitivity

XIST 3':5' (gene body) [39]

3':GAAGTCTCAAGGCTTGAGTTAGAAG

5': TTGGGTCCTCTATCCATCTAGGTAG

Methylation

DNase sensitivity

XIST A5:29r (promoter) [37]

A5: TTTCTTACTCTCTCGGGGCT

29r: ATCAGCAGGTATCCGATACC

ChIP

ELK1 5' (promoter) [14]

A: GCACAGCTCTGTAGGGAA

B: AGCTCACCTGTGTGTAGCG

Methylation

ChIP

STA A:B (intergenic)

A: CACCTGTGTGTCATGTATAC

B: CCAGTATTGGTCTTCCAGTT

DNase sensitivity

8037 A:B (intergenic)

A: GAGGCAAGACATCCATTCC

B: TGACTTTGAGCGAGCAGGT

Reference region

  1. * There is a mismatch in the TIMP 5'A primer, the underlined G should be C.
  2. ** The lower-case letters in the primers are the bases modified by the bisulfite reaction. All C nucleotides should have been converted because there were no CpG pairs with possible protective methylation.