Table II.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Purpose	Sequencea
Amplification of T. forsythia genes for expression with His-tags in B. fragilis
tfsA-for	AAATAGATCTGCGGTTTATAAGAGGAAGAAAATAAA
tfsA-rev	CTTAAGATCTTTTTACACAGCTTTCACTGCATTC
tfsB-for	CCTCGGATCCATCTCTTGCCTGCCACTCC
tfsB-rev	CGACGGATCCCTTCACCATCGCTTTTACAGC
Amplification of B. fragilis genes for expression with His-tags in T. forsythia
BF2494-for	ATCAGGATCCACAATCATGAAAAGAGTATTATTTTC
BF2494-rev	ATCAGGATCCCATCATTTTCTCGATTTCTTCGAATTC
BF3567-for	ATCAGGATCCTACTAACTAAACGTGATTAATTTATG
BF3567-rev	ATCAGGATCCACGGGTTACTTCCAAATACTTCACC

^aSequences are given 5′–3′ with restriction sites underlined.