Table 1. Oligonucleotides used in the present study.

fΔ32NcagI NcoI	5’-CATGCCATGGGAGCCATTCAGGCGGACGCAC-3’
rcagI HindIII	5’-CCCAAGCTTTCATTTGACAATAACTTTAGA-3’
fcagH BamH1	5’-CCGGATCCCCGCAAATGACCGCTATCATG-3’
fHp1489BamHI	5’-CCGGATCCGTTGATGGGATTTCTAAAAC-3’
rHp1489Sal1	5’-ATGCGTCGACTTAATAAACAAATTCATAAAATAA-3’
rcagH Sal1	5’-ATGCGTCGACTCACTTCACGATTATTTTAGTTTG-3’
fcatXhoI	5’-CCGCTCGAGTTGTTGATGGGGCAGGCA-3’
rcatBamHI	5’-GCGGATCCTTATTTATCTCTGACAAGAG-3’
fcagIBamHI	5’-GGGGATCCGTCGACTCTAAAGTTATTGTCAAAT-3’
rcagIXhoI	5’-ACCGCTCGAGTAAAAAACATTTCACATCT-3’
fcag8BNotI	5’-GGTGGCGGCCGCCAATGAGTGTATTATTTC-3’
rcag8BKpnI	5’-GCCCGGTACCATAATAAAGCAACGGATC-3’

Alphabets ‘f’ and ‘r’ indicate forward and reverse primers used to construct plasmids.