TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotides used in this study^a

Gene, ORF, or vector in indicated expt	Sense primer		Antisense primer		Size (bp)	Reference/source
	Name	Sequence (5′→3′)	Name	Sequence (5′→3′)
RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis
alr0750	Aalr0750F	AGTTGCATTGGATCGCTCCGATAT	Aalr0750R	CTCTGCCCAAATCATGCACTATATG	467	5
hoxE	AhoxEF	GTGGTGTGTACAGGTACGGC	AhoxER	TTACCTAAGACTTTGCCATC	188	5
hoxF	AhoxFF	ACATTGGCAGACAAGAACGC	AhoxFR	TTGCTGACGCATCTTCAGGC	270	5
alr0760	Aalr0760F	TACCCTTCCAGTTCTCCAATCTTC	Aalr0760R	ATCTATCAACTTCATCTAAGCCG	482	5
alr0761	Aalr0761F	ACAGACAATTTCATGTTACAAGC	Aalr0761R	TATCAACTTGGATTTGATATCTAC	424	This work
hoxU	AhoxUF	ACGACCAACTCATTAGCGC	AhoxUR	AGCCACGCAAACAGAAC	290	5
alr0763	Aalr0763F	GACAAGCAACAACCAGA	Aalr0763R	CTGGTGCTTCATCTAGGAA	417	This work
hoxY	AhoxYF	TGAAGTTAGCAACAGTATGG	AhoxYR	AAGACTGATTCAGCACTACC	307	This work
alr0765	Aalr0765F	GCCACGAACAAGATGCT	Aalr0765R	TTTCGGCTCGTTGGTGT	417	This work
hoxH	AhoxHF	GACTATTGCCTTGGATGCT	AhoxHR	GACAGAATATCTGGGTCGTT	513	This work
rnpB	rnpBF	GACCAAACTTGCTGGATAACG	rnpBR	TTGCGAGGGCAGTTATCTATC	331	This work
lexA	LexAF	TCGTCAGATGATGCAGGCGATGAA	LexAR	AGTGATGCGATCGCCACTTCGATA	424	This work
Cloning—lexA	AlexAF2	GGATCCGAACGCCTAACAGAAGCGCA	AlexAR2	AAGCTTTCACATATAACCGCGCCACA	618	This work
	AlexAF3	GAATTCATGGAACGCCTAACAGAAGCG	AlexAR3	GGATCCTCACATATAACCGCGCCACAC	618	This work
Identification of TSPs
alr0750			Aalr0750R3	CTCTGCCCAAATCATGCACTATA		This work
			Aalr0750R4	GTATTACCTGCGGTTGTT		This work
hoxU			AhoxUR	AGCCACGCAAACAGAAC		This work
EMSA
alr0750 fragment	Aalr0750F2	AAGTAAGCTAGAAGGCGCTTGC	Aalr0750R2	ATATCGGAGCGATCCAATGCAACT	499	This work
hoxU fragment	Aalr0761F3	GCATCTGGTTTAAATGGTTAC	AhoxUR2	GCGCTAATGAGTTGGTCGT	535	This work
pQE-30	pQEF	CCCGAAAAGTGCCACCTG	pQER	GTTCTGAGGTCATTACTGG	334	This work

^aThe underlined base pairs correspond to restriction sites.