General DNA manipulations were performed using standard procedures. The plasmids and oligonucleotides used in this study are listed in S7 and S8 Tables, respectively. The labelling of the probes and DNA hybridization were performed according to the protocol supplied with the PCR-DIG DNA-labelling and Chemiluminescent Detection Kit (Roche). Southern and western blots experiments were performed by standard procedures [15 (link)].
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