Table 3. Primers used in PCR of the chimeric RNLS gene .

Primer       

Primer sequence (5' → 3')

SP-PRL-for

ctggtc-ggatcc-gaaatggaa - aacatcaaaggatcgccatggaaa g-ggtccctcctgctgctgctg

SP-PRL-rev

ctgcctcctcagcagcgcgggggccacgctctggca c

Mat-RNLS-for

gcgctgctgaggagg cag acg

Mat-RNLS-rev

cagacg-ctc gag-ctaaatataattctttaaagcttc c

Note. In the primer structure, nucleotides shown in bold indicate the overlap region between the signal sequence encoded by the PRL gene and the template sequence of the RNLS gene. Underlined nucleotides represent BamHI and XhoI restriction sites. The Kozak sequence is shown in italics and in bold.