Table 3. Primers used to amplify promoter regions of various genes.

Gene	Primer Direction	Sequence 5′ to 3′	Amplicon size (bp)
ribA	forward	TGTCTGGAATAACCTGAGACCACG	469
	reverse	GCCTAATTTCGCTGATGGCCCTTT
virB8-1	forward	CAAAGAAAATATAACCTTGATACTGTGG	447
	reverse	CTGAGCAATAATTGTGCTGTAGCG
virB3	forward	TCTGTTTGTATGCTGCCTGTGGAC	243
	reverse	AAGTACCAATATGCGGCAAACCCG
virB8-2	forward	CGTTTTAGGATGAATATAAGTTTGCGG	466
	reverse	CTTGTCTTCCATAATATAAGGCCCTAGA
virB9-2	forward	GAAACAGATAGAACACACCAAATCGAG	377
	reverse	CAGTACAACAAGCAGTAAACTAATCATG
virB4-2	forward	TTCGGTGAGCGATGAGTTAAAG	357
	reverse	TGTTGGTGTTTTTACCTGCATACA
sodA	forward	TTTACTCCTACGAGCATGCCCTTA	398
	reverse	AAGCTGTTTTATCATATGGTAACTCAGG
wBmxR1	forward	CAGCGTCACGCAATGGAATAACAC	377
	reverse	CACTGCACGAGTTATTGTTTAATGA
wBmxR2	forward	ATTTACCGTTTGCCTTGCGT	389
	reverse	TGCATGATAACAACTTCCTTATGA