Research Article

Development and Characterization of Anti-Nitr9 Antibodies

Table 1

Oligonucleotide primer sequences.

PurposePrimer sequence

Reverse transcriptase—PCR: nitr9 GGATTTTTGGACTTTTCTGTC
TCCACATGCGGTAACTGTAC
Reverse transcriptase—PCR: β-actin GGTATGGAATCTTGCGGTATCCAC
ATGGGCCAGACTCATCGTACTCCT
TaqMan Q-PCR: nitr9 (probe = CAAGGTTTGGAAAAGCAC)GTCAAAGGGACAAGGCTGATAGTT
GTTCAAAACAGTGCATGTAAGACTCA
TaqMan Q-PCR: β-actin (probe = CCCATGCCATCCTGC)CCATCTATGAGGGTTACGCTCTTC
AGGATCTTCATCAGGTAGTCTGTCA
Amplify nitr9 I domain for bacterial expression constructA TGGAAAAGCACACTGTAGTAa
TTATTTAGAGCCATTCCTGTCCb
Amplify nitr9L for FLAG-tagged expression cassetteCACCCAAATGCACCACCTGTGTTTGTTAAACc
gactgcggccgcTTACTGCTGGTTAGAAACd
Amplify nitr9S for FLAG-tagged expression cassetteCACCCAAATGCACCACCTGTGc
gactgcggccgcTTACTGCTGGTTAGAAACd
Amplify nitr9SS for FLAG-tagged expression cassetteCATGATTTAATTCCATCCCAc
gactgcggccgcTTACTGCTGGTTAGAAACd
Amplify wild type nitr9L, nitr9S and nitr9SS for expression cassettesgatcggatccgacATGATCAACTTTTGGATTTe
gatcgaattcTTACTGCTGGTTAGAAACCGAGf

a An artificial start codon is underlined.
b An artificial stop codon is bold.
c These primers are designed for blunt PCR cloning into the EcoRV site of pLF.
d Overhang (5′) sequences are in lower case text and include a Not I site for cloning into pLF.
e Overhang (5′) sequences are in lower case text and include a BamHI site for cloning into pcDNA3.
f Overhang (3′) sequences are in lower case text and include an EcoRI site for cloning into pcDNA3.