TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotides used for sequencing and amplification of msa-2 genes

Primer	Application	Sequence
msa-2-F1	Sequencing, PCR	5′-ATGATCGGGAAAATCTTC-3′
msa-2-R2	Sequencing, PCR	5′-GAAGATTTTCCCGATCAT-3′
PBS44-2F	Sequencing, PCR	5′-GGTAATGGAATTTATGTGCAAC-3′
PBS44-2R	Sequencing, PCR	5′-CAATATGTACCTTGGCTGATG-3′
B42/44-R	PCR, RT-PCR	5′-AAAATGCAGAGAGAACG-3′
msa-2a1-F	RT-PCR	5′-GACGAATGGGAAAGAAAAAATG-3′
msa-2a1-R	RT-PCR	5′-GCTAGGTGCAGCTGAATCC-3′
msa-2a2-F	RT-PCR	5′-GGCGGATAAAAACGGAGAAGTG-3′
msa-2a2-R	RT-PCR	5′-GAGGAGAGGGAGCTGC-3′
msa-2b-F	RT-PCR	5′-GAAAGAAGAAGGTGGACATTATT-3′
msa-2b-R	Sequencing, RT-PCR	5′-GTCCACCTGCAGATTCAGATG-3′
msa-2c-F	PCR, RT-PCR	5′-ATGGTGTCTTTTAACATAATAAC-3′