Table 2.

Primers used in this study

Primer	Sequence	Purpose
BclI	5′-CCCAAGCTTTCATAGCAATCTCCTAAC-3′	For amplification upstream of bclA
Bcll2	5′-AACTGCAGTAGATGCAAAACCGAAAGAAAA-3′
Bcl3	5′-AACGAGCTCGTTACAGGACTTGGGCTATCA-3′	For amplification downstream of bclA
Bcl4	5′-CGGGATCCAT TGTGGATTCGTACATATC-3′
exsH1bis	5′-CGGGATCCTATACATTTCCGATTCT-3′	For amplification upstream of exsH
exsH4	5′-GGAATTCACACATGAAGCTTGGACCCCTTTGTATTATAG-3′
exsH71	5′-GCTCTAGAGCTGCAGTTGCTGGATTTGTAAGT-3′	For amplification downstream of exsH
exsH8bis	5′-CCCAAGCTTTAAAACCCGGGCAAGTTGC-3′
Bcl5	5′-CCGGAATTCTAAACAACGGGCTATTGTCTC-3′	For amplification of the bclA gene
Bcl6	5′-CCCAAGCTTTCCATATTTGTGCCTCCTGC-3′
exsI7	5′-GCTCTAGAATAAATGGTTGAATGATAGGAAT-3′	For amplification of the exsH gene
exsH20	5′-TAATGACGTAATAACCCCTGCTCT-3′
exsH19	5′-GCTCTTGCACCATTCTTCTTCTC-3′