Table 3 Sequence of primers used in this study.

From: Flavescence dorée phytoplasma enters insect cells by a clathrin-mediated endocytosis allowing infection of its insect vector

Aplication

Primer name

5′–3′ sequence

Target gene

Species target/plasmid

Product size (n)

PCR efficiency (%)

dsRNA synthesis

S2-ClatHC-F3-T7

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGATGCGcGAACActTGGAgC

Clathrin heavy chain (chc)

Drosophila melanogaster

421

S2-ClatHC-R3-T7

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGGTTATTGAGAGATTGGACTG

Ev-ClatHCH1-T7-F2

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGTGTTGTTGAGGGACTGGACA

Clathrin heavy chain

Euscelidius variegatus

429

Ev-ClatHCH1-T7-R2

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGTGCGAGAACATCTGGAACTG

eGFP-ds-T7F1

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGCAAGGAGGACGGCAACATCC

GFP

pAGW

323

eGFP-ds-T7R1

TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGCGAACTCCAGCAGGACCATG

Real-time PCR

S2-GST-F2

AAGTTGGTCACCCTGAATGC

Glutathione S-transferase (GST)

Drosophila melanogaster

180

107

S2-GST-R2

TGGGTAGGGTTCCAACAG

S2-EF1-F2

AGGCAGGTATCTCGAAGAAC

Elongation factor 1 α1 (EF1)

Drosophila melanogaster

103

107

S2-EF1-R2

GAGGAGTCCATCTTGTTCAC

S2-ClatHC-F5

CATGCCGATGAGCTAGAGGA

Clathrin heavy chain

Drosophila melanogaster

128

100

S2-ClatHC-R4

GCTAATTCGGTGAACATTCCC

GST1_F257ca

CCAAGGACCCCAAGAAGCGA

Glutathione S-transferase

Euscelidius variegatus

113

96

GST1_R369ca

TGGCGCTCCTCCAAACATCA

EvTubB_F1

CGCCCAGAGGTCTCAAGATG

Tubuline β

Euscelidius variegatus

148

94

EvTubB_R2

ATCTCGTCCATGCCCTCGC

EvClatH1_F3

AGGCCACACATTTGAGCAAG

Clathrin heavy chain

Euscelidius variegatus

120

97

EvClatH1_R1

GAAAGAGTTCCAGGGTGCAG

3Fblb

TGAAGATCCAGTACGTGATTTAGAC

Elongation factor Tu (EFTu)

FD92 phytoplasma

158

96

3R1b

TTTTAGTTTCTTTAATACCTATGATTTC

Cloning

GFP_clc_attB1-F

GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCTTCGACTTCGGAGACGATTTCG

Clathrin light chain

Drosophila melanogaster

745

GFP_clc_attB2-R

GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGTCTTAGGCGAGTGCGTAATTAAAACTAC

pAG-bsd-F

GCAATTGTTGTTGTTAACTTGTTCCGAAGGGTTGTGTCAC

Blasticidin-S deaminase (bsd)

pIB/V5-His

650

pAG-bsd-R

TGCAATAAACAAGTTAACCGGGACGTGTCAGTCCTGCT

  1. T7 promoter sequence is underlined.
  2. aPrimers were described in Galetto et al. (Galetto, L., Abbà, S., Rossi, M., Vallino, M., Pesando, M., Arricau-Bouvery, N., et al. (2018) Infect Immun 86: e00042–18).
  3. bPrimers were described in Eveillard et al. (Eveillard, S., Jollard, C., Labroussaa, F., Khalil, D., Perrin, M., Desqué, D., et al. (2016) Plant Biot Interact 1762).