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. 2019 Jan 27;8(1):14. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8010014

Table 3.

Primers used for the generation of knockout mutants.

Primer Nucleotide Sequence (5’ – 3’) Fragment Length (bp) Target Gene
FliF_F CGGTACCCGGGGATCGAACAGATCAACTACCAGCG 771 Flagellar M-ring gene, fliF
FliF_R CGACTCTAGAGGATCTTGATGTGGCTGATGGTG
AxyE_F CGGTACCCGGGGATCGACGTCAAGGAAAACCAG 795 RND-type multidrug resistance efflux pump gene, axyE
AxyE_R CGACTCTAGAGGATCGGGCAACTGTTCGATCTT
MetC_F CGGTACCCGGGGATCTGATGCAGGACAAGGAGT 809 Cystathionine beta-lyase gene, metC
MetC_R CGACTCTAGAGGATCTAGGCGTAGGTGTCGTAG
M14Fa CCAGGGTTTTCCCAGTCACGA
M14Ra GCGGATAACAATTTCACACAGGA

Underlined sequences comprise 15 bases of homology with the ends of the linearized vector pUC19. a M14F and M14R primers are located in the vector adjacent to the insertion site.