Table 2.

Primers used in this study.

Primers	Sequence	Restriction site incorporated (underlined)
Promoter-substitution primers
P-fus-F	AGTCGGATCCATACATCAGTTTGACAGGAC	BamHI
P-fus-R	GACTGGATCCCAGCAAATGATGCATTAACG	BamHI
Sequencing primers for promoter-substitution mutant screening
P1-For	TTTATAGATTCTGGATGTTCAAATGC
P1-Rev	ATCAAGGTACCAATTCCAGAAGC
earA-seq-F	TGGATACGGTAAGTTCCATCG
earA-seq-R	CAACTTCGAGAATAGTGTCTCC
qRT-PCR primers
B2-qRT-PCR-For	GCTGCAATAGACATGAATCAGG
B2-qRT-PCR-Rev	GACCAGTTTACAGTTGTAGTGTTG
slp-qRT-PCR-For	GGTACTGAAGCATACGAAGGAG
slp-qRT-PCR-Rev	GCTACAACTTTACCGTCTTTTAAGAG