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Table 1 Primer sequences used in qPCR analysis for Staphylococcus aureus

From: Role of antibiotic stress in phenotypic switching to persister cells of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Gene

Molecular function

Primer name and sequence*

16S rRNA

Reference gene

F: CATGCTGATCTACGATTACT

R: CCATAAAGTTGTTCTCAGTT

dnaK

Chaperone proteins

F: ACTTCGTCCGGGTTTACTCC

R: ACAATGGAACCTACACGCCA

groEL

Chaperone proteins

F: CAGTACCACCACCTGCAACA

R: TGCAGCAAGTGAAACAGAGC

mepR

Efflux pump regulator

F: TCGATGCACAAGATACGAGA

R: GCGATACGAGTGTTTGTTCC

norA

Multidrug efflux pump

F: TCGTCTTAGCGTTCGGTTTA

R: TCCAGTAACCATCGGCAATA

norB

Multidrug efflux pump

F: AGCGCGTTGTCTATCTTTCC

R: GCAGGTGGTCTTGCTGATAA

  1. *F, forward; R, reverse