Table 2

Single stranded DNA substrates used

Substrate

Source

Primers

Substrate size (bases)

%GC


PBAD

pBAD/thio

Left-ATGCCATAGCATTTTTATCG

Right-*GACCGGTACGCGTAGAATCG

556

47

MdnaK

M. tuberculosis dnaK

Left-*GAACCCGTTGTTCTTAGACGAG

Right-*GGGTAACATCAAGCAGCAGAAC

317

62

Mtop

M. tuberculosis topA

Left-*GTAGAAGTTGTTGAGCCAGT

Right-TACTCGTCGATCATCAAGAC

216

61


* Primer 32P labeled at 5'end to analyze extended strand as cleavage substrate after denaturation of the PCR product. The left and right primers of MdnaK were utilized in separate experiments.

Annamalai et al. BMC Biochemistry 2009 10:18   doi:10.1186/1471-2091-10-18

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