Table 1.

Oligonucleotides for analysis of oriS^* domains

AwtBwt	5′-AAAAGAAGTGAGAACGCGAAGCGTTCGCACTTCGTCCCAATATATATATATTATTAGGGCGAA-3′
AwtBmut	5′-AAAAGAAGTGAGAACGCGAAGCGTTCGCACTTCGAGGGTTATATATATATAATAATCCCCGAA-3′
AmutBwt	5′-AAAACTTCACTCTTGCGCTTCGCAAGCGTGAAGCTCCCAATATATATATATTATTAGGGCGAA-3′
AmutBmut	5′-AAAACTTCACTCTTGCGCTTCGCAAGCGTGAAGCAGGGTTATATATATATAATAATCCCCGAA-3′
AwtdT29	5′-AAAAGAAGTGAGAACGCGAAGCGTTCGCACTTCGTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT-3′

Box I and box III sequences are shown in bold. The underlined nucleotides differ from wild-type oriS.