Table 1. Macromolecule-production information.

Source organism	Maize (Z. mays L.)
DNA source	Leaf cDNA
Forward primer†	5′-GCGGATCCATATGGGAAGTAAAGACGGCAC-3′
Reverse primer‡	5′-GTGCTCGAGGTGTTTGTACATAGACTGCCAG-3′
Cloning vector	pUC18-T vector
Expression vector	pet-22-ZmSR
Expression host	E. coli BL21(DE3)
Complete amino-acid sequence of the construct produced§	MGSKDGTGDISEAQGYAADIDSIREAQARIAPYVHRTPVMSSTSIDAMVGKKLFFKCECFQKAGAFKIRGASNSIFALDDEQVSKGVVTHSSGNHAAAVALAAKLRGIPAHIVIPRNAPASKVENVKCYGGHIIWSDASIESREYVSKRVQEETGAVLIHPINSKYTISGQGTVSLELLEQVPEIDTIIVPISGGGLISGVALAAKAINPSIRILAAEPKGADDSAQSKAAGKIITLPSTNTIADGLRAFLGDLTWPVVRDLVDDVIVVDDTAIVDAMKMCYEILKVAVEPSGAIGLAAALSDEFKQSSAWHESSKIGIIVSGGNVDLGTLWQSMYKHLEHHHHHH

^†The NdeI site is underlined.

^‡The XhoI site is underlined.

^§The two extra amino-acid residues and the C-terminal His₆ tag are underlined.