TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used for PCR amplification

Primer pair	Location (5′-3′)a	Sequence (5′-3′)
V1	44–65	TTGATGTTATGGAGCAGCAACG
V1′	266–248	CAATTGCCTTAACGTCTTG
V2	75–88	AGCAGGGCAGTCGC
V2′	254–236	CGTCTTGTTCAACTTGCTG
V3	235–254	TCAGCAAGTTGAACAAGACG
V3′	899–878	CAACTGCTGTAATACTCCGAGC
V4	684–708	TGAGGGATACGACAACTCCTAAGGC
V4′	1047–1027	TGTTAGCCTTATCAGCGCGAC

^aOligonucleotide positions are given according to their location on the CARB-3 gene sequence as described elsewhere (4).