FIG. 2.
Determination of rtxC gene expression by RT-PCR. RNA was isolated from the rtxC-disrupted mutant ΔrtxC complemented with pLAFRSS-PaphrtxC (lanes 1 and 4), pLAFRSS-rtxC (lanes 2 and 5), or pLAFRSS (lanes 3 and 6). RT-PCR was carried out with gene-specific primers for rtxC (lanes 1 to 3) and aad (lanes 4 to 6), as described in Materials and Methods. M, size marker. Three independent experiments showed similar results.