Table 3 Oligonucleotides used in this study.

From: Dissecting the contribution of Kup and KimA to Enterococcus faecalis potassium homeostasis

Primers

Sequencea

Used for

Kim-RT

GGATACGCATGAATAATTTGTCG

Determination of transcription start site of kimA promotor - reverse transcription

Kim-1 Specific primer

AATTGGCAATGAATACCAAATC

Determination of transcription start site of kimA promotor - specific primer

QT_RACE

CCAGT GAGCA GAGTG ACGAG GACTCGAGCTCAAGCTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Determination of transcription start site of kimA promotor - primer PolyT

Qo_RACE

CCAGTGAGCAGAGTGACG

Determination of transcription start site of kimA promotor - specific primer PolyT

KimA-F

CATGGATCCCCAGTGAATTTGTATGACC

Amplification of different upstream segments of the kimA gene and cloning in pTLGR plasmid

KimA-R

CAAGGATCCGTCGTTTTAAATCCGCC

RevGFP

CCGCTCGAGCCTATTTGTATAGTTCATCC

Verification of insertion and orientation into pTLGR plasmid

kimA-r

CGAAAGAGATAAAGGCGCCG

RT-qPCR for kimA gene

kimA-l

TGCTTTGTCTCAATCGGGGA

kup-r

ATGTTGCTGTGGGAATGGCA

RT-qPCR for kup gene

kup-l

CCAACGACACTTGTTCCGC