Table 2. Oligonucleotide primers used in this study.

Name	Sequence (5′→3′)	Size(bps)	Restrictionsite
HP1054-F	CAATCAGGTGTTGTTCCAATTC	1182
HP1052-R	TCGCATGGACAGCTGAAAGCAA
minCN	GAATTC GTCATGTTAAAAACGAATC	588	EcoRI
minCC	CTCGAG TTTGCTTCATAATACTTCCTT		XhoI
0405-F	GGATCCCTTACTCAACCCTAA	1400
0405-R	GGATCCTTAAAAATAGTTTTAGC
pflaF	TTTATTATAGCCCATTTTCATGCT	127
pflaR	AGGCCTCCTTGTTATAAAAAACCCA
FtsZP-F	GAATTC ATGGTTCATCAATCAGAGAT	1158	EcoRI
FtsZP-R	CTCGAG TCAGTCTTGCTGGATTCTCA		XhoI
PminD1-F	GAGCTC AGGAATCATATGGCAATA	807	SacI
PminD2-R	AAGCTT AAAAAAATCAAACAAACTCA		HindIII
minCec-F	GGGATCCATGTCAAACACGCCAAT	696	BamHI
minCec-R	CGTCGACTCAATTTAACGGTTGAA		SalI
NHis-F	ATATACCATGGGCAGCAGCCATCA