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Schematic representation of the mecA, mecR1, and mecI genes and locations of primers (Table 1) used in this study. The direction of the nucleotide extension reaction (5′ to 3′) of each primer is shown by a solid arrow. The shaded arrows indicate the directions of transcription of the structural genes.
