Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.
| Strain or plasmid | Relevant genotype | Source or reference |
| Strains | ||
| P. gingivalis | ||
| W83 (wild-type) | ATCC BAA-308 | |
| DEL0121 : : Erm insertion–deletion mutant (Emr) strain W83 | Alberti-Segui et al. (2010) | |
| PgTcKI_1 (Tcr); W83ΔPG0121 : : Erm complemented with PG0121 knock-in strain; Tcr | This study | |
| E. coli* | ||
| BL21-DE3+pET22b with PG0121 HU | Alberti-Segui et al. (2010) | |
| SG 632 | MG1655 wild-type | Dr Steven D. Finkel, USC† |
| SG 790 | MG1655 hupB : : Km hupA : : Cm | This study |
| SG 919 | MG1655 hupB : : Km hupA : : Cm+pTrcHis2C | This study |
| SG 883 | MG1655 WT+pTrcHis2A | This study |
| SG 886 | MG1655 hupB : : Km hupA : : Cm+pTrcHis2A | This study |
| SG 918 | MG1655 hupAB double mutant+pTrcHis2C expressing tagless PG0121 HU coding region | This study |
| SG 903 | MG1655 hupAB double mutant+pTrcHis2A expressing tagless E. coli HUβ coding region | This study |
| Plasmids | ||
| pT-COW | Cbr, Tcr | Gardner et al. (1996) |
| pTrcHis2A and C | Ampr | Invitrogen Life Technologies |
| pET22b | Ampr | Novagen |
*
The SG number represents the internal reference number for the Goodman Lab.
†
USC, University of Southern California.