TABLE 2.

Nucleotide sequences and predicted sizes of PCR products for SE-specific oligonucleotide primers

Primer set and gene	Primer	Oligonucleotide sequence (5′-3′)	Size (bp) of PCR product	Reference
Primer for se gene detection
sea	SEA-3	CCTTTGGAAACGGTTAAAACG	127	Becker et al. (2)
	SEA-4	TCTGAACCTTCCCATCAAAAAC
seb	SEB-1	TCGCATCAAACTGACAAACG	477	Becker et al. (2)
	SEB-4	GCAGGTACTCTATAAGTGCCTGC
sec	SEC-3	CTCAAGAACTAGACATAAAAGCTAGG	271	Becker et al. (2)
	SEC-4	TCAAAATCGGATTAACATTATCC
sed	SED-3	CTAGTTTGGTAATATCTCCTTTAAACG	319	Becker et al. (2)
	SED-4	TTAATGCTATATCTTATAGGGTAAACATC
see	SEE-3	CAGTACCTATAGATAAAGTTAAAACAAGC	178	Becker et al. (2)
	SEE-2	TAACTTACCGTGGACCCTTC
seg	SEG-1	AAGTAGACATTTTTGGCGTTCC	287	This study
	SEG-2	AGAACCATCAAACTCGTATAGC
seh	SEH-1	GTCTATATGGAGGTACAACACT	213	This study
	SEH-2	GACCTTTACTTATTTCGCTGTC
sei	SEI-1	GGTGATATTGGTGTAGGTAAC	454	This study
	SEI-2	ATCCATATTCTTTGCCTTTACCAG
Primer for SE protein expression
SEG	SEGF1	CCCCGGATCCCAACCCGATCCTAAATTAGACGAAC	722	This study
	SEGR1	CCCCGAATTCTCAGTGAGTATTAAGAAATACTTCC
SEH	SEHF1	CCCCGGATCCGAAGATTTACACGATAAAAGTGAGTT	676	This study
	SEHR1	CCCCGAATTCGATTATACTTTTTTCTTAGTATATAG
SEI	SEIF1	CCCCGGATCCCAAGGTGATATTGGTGTAGGTAACT	677	This study
	SEIR1	CCCCGAATTCTTAGTTACTATCTACATATGATATTTCG