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. 2015 Feb 13;10(2):e0118295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118295

Table 1. Strains and Plasmid.

Strain or plasmid Description Source or reference
Strains
C7258 Wild type O1; El Tor biotype Peru, 1991
C7258ΔlacZ C7258 lacZ deletion mutant [27]
AJB51ΔlacZ C7258ΔlacZ ΔhapR [27]
O395ΔlacZ Classical biotype O395 lacZ deletion mutant [35]
AJB608 O395ΔlacZ Δhns::km This study
AJB80 C7258 ΔlacZ Δhns::km [27]
AJB700 C7258 ΔlacZ ΔhapR Δhns::km This study
C7258HNS-FLAG C7258 hns::hns-FLAG [25]
AJB606 C7258 ΔlacZΔvieA This study
AJB607 C7258 ΔlacZ Δhns::km ΔvieA This study
AJB600 C7258 ΔlacZ ΔvieSAB This study
AJB601 C7258 ΔlacZ Δhns::km ΔvieSAB This study
AJB602 C7258 ΔlacZ ΔhlyU::cm This study
AJB603 C7258 ΔlacZ Δhns::km ΔhlyU::cm This study
WL7258ΔlacZ C7258 ΔlacZ Δcrp [27]
AJB604 C7258 ΔlacZ Δcrp Δhns::Km This study
Plasmids
pCR2.1 Bacterial expression vector for TA cloning (AmpR) Invitrogen
pBAD33 pACYC184 ori araC paraBAD, CmR [45]
pBAD-HlyU-HIS pBAD33 containing the hlyU ORF 3’ expressed from the arabinose promoter This study
pCAT Chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (cat) gene in pUC219 B. Kan
pUC-VieA-UP 0.56 kb XbaI-SalI DNA fragment 5’ of vieA in pUC19 This study
pUC-VieA-DN 0.57 kb SalI-SphI DNA fragment 3’ of vieA in pUC19 This study
pUCΔVieA XbaI-SalI and SalI-SphI fragments flanking vieA in pUC19
pCVDΔVieA XbaI-SphI fragment harboring vieA deletion in pCVD442
pUC-VieSAB-UP 0.52 kb XbaI-SalI DNA fragment 5’ of vieSAB in pUC19 This study
pUC-VieSAB-DN 0.47 kb SalI-SphI DNA fragment 3’ of vieSAB in pUC19 This study
pUCΔVieSAB XbaI-SalI and SalI-SphI fragments flanking vieSAB in pUC19 This study
pCVDΔVieSAB XbaI-SphI fragment harboring vieSAB deletion in pCVD442 This study
pUC-HlyU-UP 0.52 kb SacI-BamHI DNA fragment 5’ of hlyU in pUC19 This study
pUC-HlyU-DN 0.48 kb BamHI-SphI DNA fragment 3’ of hlyU in pUC19 This study
pUCΔHlyU SacI-BamHI and BamHI-SphI fragments flanking hlyU in pUC19 This study
pUCΔHlyU- Cm 0.8 kb BamHI fragment encoding cat gene in pUCΔHlyU This study
pCVDΔHlyU- Cm SacI-SphI fragment harboring vieSAB deletion and cat insertion in pCVD442 This study
pCVDΔHNSK DNA fragment carrying hns deletion and km insertion in pCVD442 [27]
pTT3 XbaI-PstI fragment encoding rrnBT 1 T 2 transcription terminator in pUC19 [38]
pTT3VieSABET 633 bp SphI-HindIII El Tot biotype vieSAB promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3VieSABCL 633 bp SphI-HindIII classical biotype vieSAB promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3HlyA 540 bp SphI-HindIII hlyA promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3RtxCA 250 bp SphI-HindIII rtxCA promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3RtxBDE 230 bp SphI-HindIII rtxBDE promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3RpoEP1 190 bp SphI-HindIII rpoE P1 promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pTT3RpoEP2 180bp SphI-HindIII rpoE P2 promoter fragment in pTT3 This study
pKRZ1 Plasmid source for promoterless lacZ gene [39]
pVieSABET-LacZ 1040 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-vieSAB ET cassette ligated to promoterless lacZ gene in pKRZ1 This study
pVieSABCL-LacZ 1040 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-vieSAB CL cassette ligated to promoterless lacZ gene in pKRZ1 This study
pHlyA-LacZ 1001 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-hlyA cassette fused to lacZ gene This study
pRtxCA-LacZ 704 bp KpnI-HindIII fragment rrnBT 1 T 2-rtxCA cassette fused to lacZ gene This study
pRtxBDE-LacZ 684 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-rtxBDE cassette fused to lacZ gene This study
pRpoEP1-LacZ 641 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-rpoE P1 cassette ligated lacZ gene This study
pRpoEP2-LacZ 625 bp KpnI-HindIII rrnBT 1 T 2-rpoE P2 cassette ligated to lacZ gene This study
pTT5 KpnI-BamHI rrnBT 1 T 2 transcription terminator fragment in pUC19 This study
pTT5TnaA 1140 bp BamHI-XbaI tnaA promoter fragment in pTT5 This study
pTnaA-LacZ 1570 bp KpnI-XbaI rrnBT 1 T 2-tnaA cassette ligated to lacZ gene This study
pCTX-LacZ rrnBT 1 T 2-ctxA promoter fragment ligated to lacZ gene [35]
pRpoE-LacZ rrnBT 1 T 2 and rpoE P1P2 promoter in tandem fused to lacZ gene [35]