TABLE 1.

Nucleotide sequences of the primers used for real-time quantitative PCR

Gene	Rv no.	Forward primer (5′-3′)	Reverse primer (5′-3′)	Product size (bp)
sigA	Rv2703	CTCGGTTCGCGCCTACCTCA	GCGCTCGCTAAGCTCGGTCA	130
embC	Rv3793	ATCACCGAGCTGCTGATG	TGCGAGTCACCGTTCCTA	145
embB	Rv3795	GACGAGTCCTGGCATCAA	CATGGCGTATTCGAGCAC	250
iniB	Rv0341	GTCGAGCATGGCTTGGTCCT	GTACGACGGCAGTTCGATGG	285
iniA	Rv0342	TGGCGGTGTCTCTAGGTTCC	TCCACGTCAGCAGTCAGGTC	172