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. 2015 Dec;161(Pt 12):2434–2443. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000194

Table 1. Strains, plasmids and oligonucleotides used in this study.

Strain/plasmid/oligonuncleotide Characteristic/sequence (5′ to 3′) Source
E. coli
 EC100λpir supE44 ΔlacU169 (ϕ80 lacZΔM15) hsdR17 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 relA1 (λpirR6K) Epicenter
 SM10λpir thi-1 thr leu tonA lacY supE recA: :RP4-2-Tc: :Mu kmR (λpirR6K) Lab collection
 BW25113 F −  Δ(araD-araB)567 lacZ4787Δ: :rrnB-3 LAM  −  rph-1 Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568 hsdR514 Baba et al. (2006)
 ER2566 fhuA2 lacZ: :T7 gene1 [lon] ompT gal sulA11 R(mcr-73: :miniTn10–TetS)2 [dcm] R(zgb-210: :Tn10–TetS) endA1 Δ(mcrCmrr)114: :IS10 New England BioLabs
V. cholerae
 JB58 V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain N16961 ΔlacZ, SmR Lab collection
 XBV222 JB58ΔleuO Bina et al. (2013)
 XBV148 JB58ΔaphB This study
 JB804 V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain C6706, SmR Thelin & Taylor (1996)
 XBV144 JB804 ΔlacZ This study
 VA412 XBV144 ΔleuO This study
 EC20568 C6706 Tn: :VC2485 (leuO) Cameron et al. (2008)
 EC17926 C6706 Tn: :VC0278 (cadA) Cameron et al. (2008)
Plasmid
 pTL61T lacZ transcriptional reporter plasmid, CbR Linn & St Pierre (1990)
 pXB239 pTL61T containing the cadC promoter region This study
 pXB203 pTL61T containing the aphB promoter region Bina & Bina (2010)
 pBAD18 Arabinose-regulated expression plasmid, CbR Guzman et al. (1995)
 pVA94 pBAD18 expressing leuO Ante et al. (2015)
 pBAD18Km Arabinose-regulated expression plasmid, KmR Guzman et al. (1995)
 pXB298 pBAD18Km expressing leuO Bina et al. (2013)
 pBAD33 Arabinose-regulated expression plasmid, CmlR Guzman et al. (1995)
 pVA126 pBAD33 expressing leuO This study
 pWM91 Suicide plasmid vector used for allelic exchange Metcalf et al. (1996)
 pDLT pWM91 containing a fragment of lacZ harbouring an internal deletion Fullner & Mekalanos (1999)
 pWM91ΔleuO pWM91 containing a fragment of leuO harbouring an internal deletion Moorthy & Watnick (2005)
 pWM91ΔaphB pWM91 containing a fragment of aphB harbouring an internal deletion This study
 pMAL-c2 IPTG-inducible expression vector for fusion of proteins to MBP and cytoplasmic expression, CbR New England BioLabs
 pVA175 pMAL-c2 expressing leuO This study
Oligonucleotide
 PcadC-F TTCTCGAGTCGGGCTATCGACTGTACGATG
 PcadC-R GTTCTAGACACCACACACCGATGAAGAGCGAAATTATAA
aphB-F1 TTGGATCCGCCCCACGATGGCTCGCG
aphB-F2 CGACTGGTTGTCACAAAGATCACCAGCCGGAAAAAGTGCGCCTG
aphB-R1 GCGAGCTCCAGTGGGCGATATGGGCG
aphB-R2 GGTGATCTTTGTGACAACCAGTCGAAAGAGGTTTAGGTCATCTAG
 LeuO-F CCCCCGGGTTAGATAAAAAAGACGCAATGAGTGCC
 LeuO-R CCTCTAGATAGAAACGTAGAATGAACAAAGGATC
cadC-EMSA-F1 GCGGGAGTCGGCAGCGGATGGTTAAACAACCTAAGTT
cadC-EMSA-R1 GCGGGAGTCGGCAGCGGAGCGAAATTATAAGTGCAC
cadC-EMSA-F2 GCGGGAGTCGGCAGCGAATTTCGCTCTTCATCGGTG
cadC-EMSA-R2 GCGGGAGTCGGCAGCGCATAGAATAGCTCTTTGTATC
 5′BIO GCGGGAGTCGGCAGCG