Table 1.

The primers used in the study.

Primers namea	Sequences and modifications	Length	Genesb
Sal-F1	5′-CCCCGCATTGTTGATTGC-3′	18 nt
Sal-F2	5′-CGCTACGTTTTGCTTCACG-3′	19 nt
Sal-CP1	5′-ATGATATTCCGCCCCATATTATCCG-GATTAGTGCCGGTTTTATCGTG-3′	47 mer
Sal-E-CP1	5′-Cy5-TGCAATG-ATGATAT(BHQ2)TCCGCCCCATATTATCCGGATTAGTGCCGGTTTTATCGTG-3′	54 mer
Sal-CP2	5′-ATGGGAACTCTGCCGGGATT-GAAGAGTACGCTTAAAACCACC-3′	42 mer
Sal-C1	5′-ATGATATTCCGCCCCATATTATCCG-3′	25 nt	invA
Sal-C2	5′-ATGGGAACTCTGCCGGGATT-3′	20 nt
Sal-D1	5′-TATCGCCATTTACGCGGGT-3′	19 nt
Sal-D2	5′-GTTGTTCAACAGCTGCGTC-3′	19 nt
Sal-R1	5′-CCCACTGCCGGTTTTTGTT-3′	19 nt
Sal-R2	5′-GGTTGTTACGGCTATTTTGAC-3′	21 nt
Shi-F1	5′-GAAGAGCACGCCAACACC-3′	18 nt
Shi-F2	5′-TGATGGACCAGGAGGGTT-3′	18 nt
Shi-CP1	5′-CGACCTGTTCACGGAATCCGG-CTTGACCGCCTTTCCGATAC-3′	41 mer
Shi-E-CP1	5′-Hex-TGCAATG-CGACCT(BHQ1)GTTCACGGAATCCGGCTTGACCGCCTTTCCGATAC-3′	48 mer
Shi-CP2	5′-TCGACAGCAGTCTTTCGCTGTT-CCGGAGATTGTTCCATGTGA-3′	42 mer
Shi-C1	5′-CGACCTGTTCACGGAATCCGG-3′	21 nt	ipaH
Shi-C2	5′-TCGACAGCAGTCTTTCGCTGTT-3′	22 nt
Shi-D1	5′-GGTATTGCGTGCAGAGAC-3′	18 nt
Shi-D2	5′-GTTTTTCCAGCCATGCAG-3′	18 nt
Shi-R1	5′-TGATGCCACTGAGAGCTGTGA-3′	21 nt
Shi-R2	5′-TCAGTGCCTCTGCGGAGCT-3′	19 nt

^aSal, salmonella; Shi, shigella.

^bmer, monomeric unit; nt, nucleotide.