Table 1 Sequences of primers (5′ → 3′) used to construct plasmids encoding various human GFAP alleles Allele Sequences WT Forward: TAGTAGGATCCATGGAGAGGAGACGCATCAC Reverse: TAGTCGATATCATCATCACATCCTTGTGCTCCTGCTTG p.Arg79Cys Forward: GAGATGATGGAGCTCAATGACtGCTTTGCCAGCTACATCGAG Reverse: CTCGATGTAGCTGGCAAAGCaGTCATTGAGCTCCATCATCTC p.Arg79His Forward: GAGATGATGGAGCTCAATGACCaCTTTGCCAGCTACATCGAG Reverse: CTCGATGTAGCTGGCAAAGtGGTCATTGAGCTCCATCATCTC p.Asp128Asn Forward: GAGAGCTGCGGCTGCGGCTCaATCAACTCACCGCCAACAG Reverse: CTGTTGGCGGTGAGTTGATtGAGCCGCAGCCGCAGCTCTC p.Asp157Asn Forward: GCAGAAGCTCCAGaATGAAACCAACCTG Reverse: CAGGTTGGTTTCATtCTGGAGCTTCTGC p.Arg239Cys Forward: CAGCCCTGAAAGAGATCtGCACGCAGTATGAGGCAATG Reverse: CATTGCCTCATACTGCGTGCaGATCTCTTTCAGGGCTG p.Arg239His Forward: CAGCCCTGAAAGAGATCCaCACGCAGTATGAGGCAATG Reverse: CATTGCCTCATACTGCGTGtGGATCTCTTTCAGGGCTG Lower case indicates mutated nucleotides