Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Target gene	Primer sequence (5'→3')
EMSA (Sense/antisense)
sycO	ATATTCTGGGACGGGTTT/TTCCTGCTGAGTTTCTGC
YPO1099	AGCCCTCTCTCCCTAGCC/GCAGTTGCCAGACCGC
YPO0180	GCTACCGAGCCTAACCC/AGGCACCCATCTCATGG
Real-time PCR or RT-PCR (Sense/antisense)
sycO	GCCCTTGTTTCGCTTGGAGTG/AGTTCCTGCTGAGTTTCTGCTG
ypkA	GCTAAGATTGAACGCTCCATTG/TCAGAACAACGCCAACCATC
yopJ	AATCCAGGCGAACAATAAATATCC/CACTGAAATGTATTCCACCTTCC
sycO-ypkA intergenic	CAGGAACTGCCCCTTCATAC/ATACCGTTTTCCTCCGATATTGAG
ypkA-yopJ intergenic	TGCGAGAGCTGACGACCATC/TCATTACTGATTAAAGAACTGGTC
lacA	CCGATAACGATTGGCAATAACG/GCGAATAACCCGACAAGGAAC
16s rRNA	TTACCTACTCTTGACATCCAC/GCTGGCAACAAAGGATAAG
DNase I footprinting (Sense/antisense)
sycO	CAGATTTGTCTACAGGTTCG/CTCAGCATAATAACGACTCGG
LacZ reporter fusion (Sense/antisense)
sycO	GCGGAATTCAGGAACGGGAAGATTTAC/GCGGGATCCAATCTCTCTGCATGAACG
Primer extension
sycO	CTCAGCATAATAACGACTCGG