Table 1.

Antisense PNAs used in this study

PNA	5′ − > 3′ sequence	Target gene (target region around ATG)
A55	KFFKFFKFFK-eg1-ttcatcaata-CONH2	mecA (−5 to +5)
A73	KFFKFFKFFK-O-catcaatatc-CONH2	mecA (−7 to +3)
A82	KFFKFFKFFK-eg1-atcaatatcc-CONH2	mecA (−8 to +2)
A101	KFFKFFKFFK-O-caatatcctc-CONH2	mecA (−10 to −1)
scrA	KFFKFFKFFK-O-cactataatc-CONH2	N.A.
A73-EJH	MINWKLRLKNK-O-catcaatatc-CONH2	mecA (−7 to +3)
scrA-EJH	MINWKLRLKNK-O-cactataatc-CONH2	N.A.
A73-Tat	YGRKKRRQRRR-O-catcaatatc-CONH2	mecA (−7 to +3)
scrA-Tat	YGRKKRRQRRR-O-cactataatc-CONH2	N.A.
Z19	KFFKFFKFFK-eg1-TTCTAACATT-NH2	ftsZ (−1 to +9)
Z46	KFFKFFKFFK-eg1-TAACATTTAA-NH2	ftsZ (−4 to +6)
scrZ	KFFKFFKFFK-eg1-AATTACTATA-NH2	N.A.