TABLE 2.

List of primers^a

Primer	Sequence
5R	GCTCTAGATTCTCTGTTTTCTAATGTG (3924)
9F	GGAATTCGTTTATGCAATGAGATCTATC (3740)
25F	CGGGATCCGCGGTTACTTGTTCAGC (3470)
23F	CGGGATCCGTTGACATTTAATGATAATG (3879)
27R	GCTCTAGAGAGAGCGTCAGCGAAACG (4183)
36F	GGAATTCATGAATATGGAAACTAATTCAC (4088)
38R	AAACTGCAGCTTCCAGCTCAGTTATCG (4498)
46F	CCGCTCGAGTTTATGCAATGAGATCT (3740)
48R	CGGGATCCAATATTTTTCAGCGGTATTATTTCTTC (4453)
4F	GGTGGTTGTTTGATGAAATAG (3939)
10F	GGAATTCGATGGTTTTCTTCTTTATGATTG (3820)
126F	CCAATCATGATGGTTCATG (5067)
127R	CTGACCTGATTGACACCG (5125)
119F	GTGCCTGATGATGGACTC (4268)
123R	TCCTGATTCGCATTATCTC (4668)
Pler1R	GCTCTAGATGTTAAATATTTTTCAGCGG (4461)
Pler2F	GCAAATTGCAGTTCGACAGCAGGAAGCAAAGCG (4141)
Pler3R	CGCTTTGCTTCCTGCTGTCGAACTGCAATTTGC (4173)
30F	GCTCTAGACTGCGTACGCTCAGGAGC (14654)
31R	GCTCTAGACTGCGTACGCTCAGGAGC (15058)
EtkC-F	ATGGATCCGGCGCAATCCTCAATGGT
EtkC-R	ATAAGCTTTTACTCTTTCTCGGAGTAAC
lacZ2	CCGCTCGAGCCTTGTGGAGCGACATCC (2028)
lerhistagF	ATTTTCTTGTGAAGGACACTGAAGAAGAAATAATACCGCTGAAAAATATTCACCACCATCATCACCATTAG (4407)
lerhistagR	TATTATTTCGTCTTCCAGCTCAGTTATCGTTATCATTTAATTATTTTATGATGAATATCCTCCTTAGTTC (4501)

^aThe numbers in parentheses indicate the positions of the primers' 5′ ends, by use of the numbering of the LEE region and lacZ2 primer sequences submitted under accession numbers AF022236 and V00296, respectively.