Research Article

Overexpression of mfpA Gene Increases Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Table 2

Primers used in this study.

Primer namePrimer sequence

mfp5TTTTTTGGTACCTACCGGTATTCGGCGCGAT
mfp11TTTTTTGGTACCCGCCCAACCGTGCCATCG
mfp16TTTTTTGGATCCGCTGCCCGGCTGAGGCTT
mfp17TTTTTTATCGATCTGCTCGCGGTGAGAAAC
Random primers 9(d(N)9 where N = A, C, G, T)
1TTGCAGCAGCGGGTGGATTC
10GACGAGGATCTGGAGCCGGCAT
11GAGCGTGAAGTCGCACTCGA
2AAACGACAACGGTGCCGAGG
3GCGTTCGACCGGCATGTTCT
4GGCTACGTGCTGCAATCGGT
5GCGCGTTGGGTGTGTCGAGA
6GCGTGGCGAGAGTGCTGATC
7GTGGTGGTGCGTTTGTCGGG
8GCCAAAGCATCCCACGCACG
9CGTGCTGTGCCAGATGGTGC
16S forwardCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACG
16S reverseATCGG(C/T)TACCTTGTTACGACTTC

Underlined letters indicate restriction sites. Figure 1 shows target sites of primers in mfpEA operon.