Table 3 Primers used in this study

katE-S

TACTCAGTCACTTCCCCTTC

426–445 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katE

katE-AS

AACTACGGCATTATCGAGGC

934–953 bp downstream of the stop codon of katE

katG-S

GGGGCAGATTAACGTTTCGT

1141–1160 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katG

katG-AS

GCCAGCACAATCAGCACAAT

924–943 bp downstream of the stop codon of katG

sodA-S

CGATGTTAGCGGCGACAATA

1277–1296 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodA

sodA-AS

GCTCTGGCTTTGACTTTACG

1190–1209 bp downstream of the stop codon of sodA

sodB-S

TTCGATCACGCTCTGTGCTT

904–923 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodB

sodB-AS

TTAACTATCCGTTGCTGGCG

1305–1324 bp downstream of the stop codon of sodB

katEc-S

AAAGTCGACATTTGCCACGCAGCATCCAG

311–330 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katE, SalI site underlined

katEc-AS

TTTGGTACCAGGCCGGATAAGGCGTTCAC

69–88 bp downstream of the stop codon of katE, KpnI site underlined

katGc-S

AAAGGTACCTTACGCGATTTGCCATACGC

352–371 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katG, KpnI site underlined

katGc-AS

TTTGAGCTCGTGTGTAGTTTTCGTTCGCC

63–82 bp downstream of the stop codon of katG, SacI site underlined

sodAc-S

AAAGCATGCTAAAAACAGGCTGCACTGGC

333–352 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodA, SphI site underlined

sodAc-AS

TTTGTCGACTTTTTTAAGCTGATATGCGGCC

32–53 bp downstream of the stop codon of sodA, SalI site underlined

sodBc-S

AAAGTCGACCTCTCAGTGAAGACTACTGG

182–201 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodB, SalI site underlined

sodBc-AS

TTTGGATCCTGCCTTATCCGACCTACATC

63–82 bp downstream of the stop codon of sodB, BamHI site underlined

katEp-S

AAAGAATTCAACCGGGAGGTATGTAATCC

446–466 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katE, EcoRI site underlined

katEp-AS

TTTGGATCCTGCTGATGTGGGTTCTTTTCG

15–35 bp downstream of the initiation codon of katE, BamHI site underlined

katGp-S

AAACCCGGGCGAATATTGCCATGGATATGG

439–459 bp upstream of the initiation codon of katG, SmaI site underlined

katGp-AS

TTTGGATCCGTGGTGTTATGGATATCGTCTG

11–32 bp downstream of the initiation codon of katG, BamHI site underlined

sodAp-S

AAAGAATTCGCCCAGAAATTCGGTAGTAAC

451–472 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodA, EcoRI site underlined

sodAp-AS

TTTGGATCCTCCAGGGCATCGTAAGCATACG

26–47 bp downstream of the initiation codon of sodA, BamHI site underlined

sodBp-S

AAAGAATTCGTACCGGTTTTGATTGCAGC

434–453 bp upstream of the initiation codon of sodB, EcoRI site underlined

sodBp-AS

TTTGGATCCGCCAGAGCATCTTTAGCATAT

27–47 bp downstream of the initiation codon of sodA, BamHI site underlined