Figure 3.
PCR analysis of rpoN and rpoS mutants. (a) Schematic of PCR primer pairs (short arrows). (b and c) Agarose gel patterns of amplicons for wild type (lanes 2–4), (b) a rpoN mutant, or (c) a rpoS mutant (lanes 5–7). Lanes 1 contain DNA markers of ΦX174/HaeIII. Gene disruption by ermC results in an increased size of the amplicons (compare lanes 2 and 5). A combination of ermC-specific and flanking primers yielded only products for the mutants (lanes 6 and 7), but not for 297 (lanes 3 and 4). Lanes 3 and 6: priAH102 (arrow 102) in combination with (b) priAH59 (arrow 59) or (c) priAH27 (arrow 27). Lanes 4 and 7: priAH104 (arrow 104) in combination with (b) priAH60 (arrow 60) or (c) priAH131 (arrow 131).
