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Table 1 Oligonucleotides used in this study

From: A gonococcal homologue of meningococcal γ-glutamyl transpeptidase gene is a new type of bacterial pseudogene that is transcriptionally active but phenotypically silent

Primers for the sequencing of ggt and ggh genes, and RT-PCR (for ggt-9 and ggt-10)

Oligonucleotide name

Position in sequence

Length (bp)

Sequence (5'-3')

Reference

ggt-3

*1265–1286

21

GACTGCTGATGACATTAGCGG

[49]

ggt-4

*3250–3228

22

GATTACTCACAATTTCCCCCTA

[49]

ggt-5

*1791–1811

20

CGATGCGTGCGACGCCGGAA

[25]

ggt-6

*2676–2654

23

ATAGCACATTGCCCGCCTTATCC

[25]

ggt-7

*2241–2262

22

CAAGATTTATCTGATTATCAAG

[25]

ggt-9

*2779–2800

21

GGGCAAACAGGTCGCCAATCG

[25]

ggt-10

*2089–2068

21

TGTAGCGGCACACCATTCGGC

[25]

ggt-18

*1554–1534

21

CGGTCAGTCCCGTTGCATGTT

[25]

Primers for RT-PCR

ggt-29

*1452–1475

24

GGATGTCAAGTCATCCATGCCAAT

This study

ggt-20

*1682–1659

24

TGTCGTCTGCACCGCCACCATCGC

This study

ggt-31

*1878–1901

24

GGTACGCCTGCTATCCCTAAACTG

This study

ggt-22

*3079–3056

24

CGCACATCAGTCTTATAGCCCAAA

This study

Primer for primer extension

primer-ext-2

*1492–1467

26

GTATTAACCTTACCTTGATTGGCATG (Biotin-labeled at the 5'-terminus)

This study

  1. *Numbers of positions indicate the position from the 5'-nucleotide of the ggt locus in N. meningitidis strain H44/76 [DDBJ:AB175033].