TABLE 1.

Primers used for the amplification of Meq and Meq/vIL8

Primer	Sequencea	Template accession no.b
P1: SpeI/NheI-T7-Meq-For	5′-GGACTAGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGA TGTCTCAGGAGCCAG-3′	AY243332 (RB1B Meq)
P2: Meq fusion-Rev (HindIII-XbaI)	5′-GCTCTAGAGCAAGCTTGCGGAATCCTCCGGGTCTCC-3′	AY243332 (RB1B Meq)
P3: Meq/vIL8 fusion-Rev (HindIII-XbaI)	5′-GCTCTAGAGCAAGCTTGCGGAATCCAAGACAGATATG-3′	AY243340 (Meq/vIL8)

^aUnderlined nucleotides are restriction endonuclease sites introduced to facilitate cloning. Italicized nucleotides are encoded by the virus genome.

^bAccession numbers are from the NCBI nucleotide sequence database.