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. 2008 Oct 24;191(1):141–151. doi: 10.1128/JB.01221-08

TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid Description Source or reference
Strains
    E. coli
        JM109 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi hsdR17 supE44 relA1 Δ(lac-proAB)/F′[traD36 proAB+lacIqlacZ ΔM15] TakaraBio
        JE5513Tc Hfr man1 pps lpp2 thyA uvrC279::Tn10 3
        YA5513Tc JE5513Tc pgsA3 3
    S. aureus
        RN4220 Restriction minus wild type 37
        TS2519 RN4220 ltaS2519 This work
        TS2947 RN4220 ltaS2947 This work
        TS8643 RN4220 ltaS8643 This work
        TS2519kan TS2519 Ω(SA0667-SA0668::pSF151kan) This work
        TS2947kan TS2947 Ω(SA0667-SA0668::pSF151kan) This work
        TS8643kan TS8643 Ω(SA0667-SA0668::pSF151kan) This work
        M0674/pM101 RN4200 ΔltaS::phleo/pM101 This work
        M0674/pM101-ltaS RN4200 ΔltaS::phleo/pM101-ltaS This work
        M0674/pM102-ltaS RN4200 ΔltaS::phleo/pM102-ltaS This work
        M0107 RN4220 Δspa::phleo This work
        M0702 RN4220 ΔtagO::pT0702 24
        M0875 RN4220 ΔypfP::pT0875 24
        YO1001/pM101 M0674 ΔypfP::pT0875/pM101 This work
        YO1001/pM102-ltaS M0674 ΔypfP::pT0875/pM102-ltaS This work
        YO1003/pM102-ltaS M0674 ΔtagO::pT0702/pM102-ltaS This work
Plasmids
    pND50 S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector; Cmr 54
    pKE515 S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector, Cmr Ampr 30
    pSltaS pKE515 carrying the ltaS gene This work
    pSF151 E. coli pUC plasmid; Kmr 47
    pSF-ltaS pSF151 carrying ΔltaS::phleo This work
    pM101 S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector; Kmr Matsuo et al., unpublished
    pM102 S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector; Cmr Matsuo et al., unpublished
    pM101-ltaS pM101 carrying the ltaS gene This work
    pM102-ltaS pM102 carrying the ltaS gene This work
    pHW353 S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector carrying TetR and xyl-tet 13
    pNDX1 pND50-based S. aureus-E. coli shuttle vector carrying TetR and xyl/tet from pWH353 This work
    pNDXltaSHis pNDX1 carrying His-tagged LtaS ORF This work
    pBAD24 Inducible expression vector in E. coli 17
    pBADltaSHis pBAD24 carrying His-tagged LtaS ORF This work