Table 3 Primers used in this study.

From: Impact of horizontal gene transfer on emergence and stability of cooperative virulence in Salmonella Typhimurium

Primer name

Sequence (5′ to 3′)

Purpose

Ref.

HilD-31-F

GGAACACTTAACGGCTGACATGGGAATTAGCCATGGTCCATACAGGATAAGCAATTCACCG

Gibson Assembly of hilD into pKD3 (pVirLow)

This work

HilD-1-F

GGAACACTTAACGGCTGACATGGGAATTAGCCATGGTCCATAGCAGATTACCGCACAGGA

Gibson Assembly of hilD into pKD3 (pVirHigh)

This work

HilD-2-R

AGAATAGGAACTTCGGAATAGGAACT

AAGGAGGATATTCATAGTGTTAATGC

GCAGTCTGA

Gibson Assembly of hilD into pKD3 (both pVirLow and pVirHigh)

This work

HilD-3Po-F

AGGAACTTCGGAATAGGAAC

Verification of hilD in pKD3

This work

HilD-4Po-R

AACACTTAACGGCTGACATG

Verification of hilD in pKD3

This work

HilD-32-F

GCATGATAATAATAATCAATAACAATAAGCTGTGTCACGTTTACATCATCAGGATAAGCAATTCACCG

λ-red for hilD-cat in P2 downstream of cib (pVirLow)

This work

HilD-29-F

GCATGATAATAATAATCAATAACAATAAGCTGTGTCACGTTTACATCATGCAGATTACCGCACAGGA

λ-red for hilD-cat in P2 downstream of cib (pVirHigh)

This work

HilD-30-R

AAGGGTAATGGCGGAAGCCGGATACCCAGCCGCCAGAGAATGTGTAGGCTGGAGCTGCTTC

λ-red for hilD-cat in P2 downstream of cib (both pVirLow and pVirHigh)

This work

insert_ p2_up

GTA CCG GTG CGT GAT AAC

Verification of hilD-cat insert in P2 to create pVir (both pVirLow and pVirHigh)

31

insert_ p2_dw

CAA CAG CGT GAC CTG CC

Verification of hilD-cat insert in P2 to create pVir (both pVirLow and pVirHigh)

31

ver_hilD_up2

TCTCGATAGCAGCAGATTAC

Verification of ΔhilD in the chromosome

11

ver_hilD_dw2

CAGTATAAGCTGTCTTCCG

Verification of ΔhilD in the chromosome

11

ssaV-137F

GCAGCGTTCCAGGGTATTCC

Verification of ΔssaV in the chromosome

This work

ssaV + 155R

CAGCAAGTTCTTCTCCAGGC

Verification of ΔssaV in the chromosome

This work

invG-134F

GAAGGCCACGAGAACATCAC

Verification of ΔinvG in the chromosome

This work

invG + 112R

GCGGCCTGTTGTATTTCCGC

Verification of ΔinvG in the chromosome

This work