Table 2

Oligonucleotides used for PCR experiments

PrimerOligonucleotide sequence (5′–3′)PCR product size (bp)Use
A2GBL-3AAAGCCACGTTGTGTCTCAA957Kanamycin resistance cassette amplification
B2GBLnp5TTAGAAAAACTCATCGAGCA
MIompA(R)AAAGGCAAAAAAAACCCCGCAGCGGGGTTTTTCTACCAGACGAGAACTTAGAAAAACTCATCGAGCA1097ΔompA isogenic mutant construction
MIompA(F)CTCGTTGGAGATATTCATGGCGTATTTTGGATGATAACGAGGCGCAAAAAAAAGCCACGTTGTGTCTCAA
OmpA1GGAGCCGGAGCAACTACTGG205Isogenic mutant verification
OmpA2ACGACACCGGCGTTTCTCCG
OmpA3GCAGGCATTGCTGGGTAAGG1232Isogenic mutant verification and sequencing
OmpA4AATATTGAGCAGATCCCCCGG
OmpASalIACGCGTCGACCGTTGGAGATATTCATGGCG1098Cloning of ompA gene
OmpAHindIIICCCAAGCTTGGGAGACGAGAACTTAAGCCTGC
gp96-upstreamGGGTGTGGTGGACTCAGATG669gp96 quantification by qRT–PCR48
gp96-downstreamGTTGCCAGACCATCCGTACT