Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Primer	Sequence
P1	5'-CCTCTTCTCTTGTTGccATGGAG-3'
P2	5'-CAGTACAGCAAATTAccaTGGGTTTG-3'
P3	5'-TTTCCCTGTCTTATTGCcATGGAA-3'
P4	5'-CCAGTACAGCATATTAccaTGGGTTTA-3'
P5	5'-CTGCTTCAAACtgtACaTAATTTGC-3'
P6	5'-GAAAGTAAAATgcGGccGCTCATCC-3'
P7	5'-TTGTTTCTGAAACTTGGTTACAG-3'
P8	5'-TTACTTCTTTTGCTTCTTCCCTGGCTT-3'
P9	5'-AATGG(A/C)AC(C/T)G(A/G)(A/T)ATGGTCAAG-3'
P10	5'-TTAGAAGCA(C/T)TTC(A/C)TGTG(C/G)AC-3'

Underline: restriction sites for BsrGI, NcoI and NotI.

Lowercase letters: deviations from the original OsRpl6-1 sequence to enable introduction of restriction sites.

The locations of primers P1-P8 are shown in Figure 1A.

Primers P9 and P10 were designed from rice Actin sequences [39] as described previously [40] with slight modifications.