Method for high-density microarray mediated gene expression profiling

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention is in the field of bacterial gene expression. More specifically, this invention is a method for the high density, microarray-mediated gene expression profiling of Escherichia coli for comprehensive gene expression analysis.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003]

Escherichia coli
has been exhaustively studied for over 50 years. Early experiments measured the molecular fluxes from small compounds into macromolecular constituents. These studies were followed by others in which small molecule pools of central metabolic building blocks, nucleotides and amino acids were determined. The levels of several macromolecular components, including individual species of proteins, have been measured. Such measurements of the steady state provide a census of the cellular content while changes upon imposition of a stress catalogue the cell's fight for survival. This response to an insulting or adverse condition can take many forms from relieving end product inhibition to derepressing transcription.

[0004] In E. coli, experiments to define stress-related, global regulatory responses have often relied upon one of two approaches. In the first, operon fusions induced by a particular stress are isolated. In the second, proteomic measures in which the protein fractions from stressed and un-stressed cultures are separated by a two-dimensional method and then compared. Each method has an inherent technological hurdle; for the former, the map location of responsive gene fusions must be known precisely, and for the latter, induced or repressed proteins excised from the two-dimensional gels must be identified.

[0005] Another method uses a transposon-mediated mutagenesis (Spector et al. J. Bacteriol. 170:345-351 (1988)). A reporter gene is inserted at a random location in the genome using a transposon. By assaying for the reporter gene before and after the treatment, genes affected by the treatment can be mapped and cloned by using the linked transposon as a marker. However, this method is limited to non-essential genes.

[0006] Alternatively, mRNA measurements utilizing techniques (such as hybridization to DNA and primer extension) have allowed the monitoring of individual gene's expression profiles. DeRisi et al. (Science 278:680-686 (1997)) reported the expression profiling of most yeast genes. The measurements were facilitated by high-density arrays of individual genes and specific labeling of cDNA copies of eukaryotic mRNA using polyA tail-specific primers. The lack of a polyA tail and the extremely short bacterial mRNA half life represent hurdles for the application of DNA micro-array technology to prokaryotic research.

[0007] A comprehensive expression profiling has been performed previously with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Adaptation of RNA isolation and labeling protocols from eukaryotes to prokaryotes is not straightforward since eukaryotic mRNA manipulations often exploit 3′-polyadenylation of this molecular species.

[0008] Chuang et al. (J. Bacterol. 175:2026-2036 (1993)) reported an expression profiling using large DNA fragments from an ordered λ library of E. coli genomic fragments as a capture reagent. It allowed the comparison of the expression patterns from large portions of DNA fragments by comparing mRNA levels from stressed and unstressed E. coli cultures. The resolution of this method, however, was unsatisfactory. Expression of groups of genes, as opposed to the expression of each individual gene was measured. Moreover, the method used radio-labeled DNA as a probe with the incumbent need for safety precautions. Furthermore, the use of radio-labeled probe prevents the simultaneous measurement of the expression level in a test sample and a control sample.

[0009] Richmond et al. (Nucleic Acids Research, 19:3821-3835 (1999)) has recently reported genome-wide expression profiling of E. coli at a single ORF level of resolution. Changes in RNA levels after exposure to heat shock or IPTG were analyzed using comprehensive low density blots of individual ORFs on a nylon matrix and comprehensive high density arrays of individual ORFs spotted on glass slides. The results of the two methods were compared.

[0010] The methods recited above permit monitoring of the effect of environmental changes on gene expression by comparing expression levels of a limited number of genes. They, however, fail to monitor the comprehensive responses of a preponderance of individual genes in the genome of an organism in reliable, useful manner.

[0011] The problem to be solved, therefore, is to provide a way to measure the comprehensive gene expression profile analysis of the organism.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0012] The invention provides a method for identifying gene expression changes within a bacterial species comprising:

[0013] (a) providing a comprehensive micro-array synthesized from DNA comprised in a bacterial species;

[0014] (b) generating a first set of labeled probes from bacterial RNA, the RNA isolated from the bacterial species of step (a);

[0015] (c) hybridizing the first set of labeled probes of step (b) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the labeled probe;

[0016] (d) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the first set of labeled probe to the comprehensive micro-array of step (c);

[0017] (e) subjecting the bacterial species of step (a) to a gene expression altering condition whereby the gene expression profile of the bacterial species is altered to produce a modified bacterial species;

[0018] (f) generating a second set of labeled probes from bacterial RNA, the RNA isolated from the modified bacterial species of step (e);

[0019] (g) hybridizing the second set of labeled probes of step (f) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the labeled probe;

[0020] (h) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the second set of labeled probes to the comprehensive micro-array of step (g); and

[0021] (i) comparing signal generated from the first hybridization to the signal generated from the second hybridization to identify gene expression changes within a bacterial species.

[0022] Additionally the invention provides a method for identifying gene expression changes within a bacterial strain comprising:

[0023] (a) providing a comprehensive micro-array synthesized from DNA comprised in a bacterial species;

[0024] (b) generating a first set of fluorescent cDNA from bacterial RNA, the RNA isolated from the bacterial species of step (a);

[0025] (c) hybridizing the first set of fluorescent cDNA of step (b) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the fluorescent cDNA;

[0026] (d) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the first set of fluorescent cDNA to the comprehensive micro-array of step (c);

[0027] (e) subjecting the bacterial species of step (a) to a gene expression altering condition whereby the gene expression profile of the bacterial species is altered to produce a modified bacterial species;

[0028] (f) generating a second set of fluorescent cDNA from bacterial RNA, the RNA isolated from the modified bacterial species of step (e);

[0029] (g) hybridizing the second set of fluorescent cDNA of step (f) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the fluorescent cDNA;

[0030] (h) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the second set of fluorescent cDNA to the comprehensive micro-array of step (g); and

[0031] (i) comparing signal generated from the first hybridization to the signal generated from the second hybridization to identify gene expression changes within a bacterial species.

[0032] In an alternate embodiment the invention provides a method for identifying gene expression changes within a genome comprising:

[0033] (a) providing a comprehensive micro-array synthesized from DNA comprised in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic speices;

[0034] (b) generating a control set of fluorescent cDNA from total or polyadenylated RNA, the RNA isolated from the species of step (a), the fluorescent cDNA comprising at least one first fluorescent label and at least one different second fluorescent label;

[0035] (c) mixing the control set of fluorescent cDNA labeled with the at least one first label with the control set of fluorescent cDNA labeled with the at least second first label to for a dual labeled control cDNA;

[0036] (d) hybridizing the dual labeled control set of fluorescent cDNA of step (c) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the fluorescent cDNA;

[0037] (e) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the dual labeled control set of fluorescent cDNA to the comprehensive micro-array of step (c);

[0038] (f) subjecting the prokaryote or eukaryote of step (a) to a gene expression altering condition whereby the gene expression profile of the prokaryote or eukaryote is altered to produce a modified prokaryote or eukaryote;

[0039] (g) generating an experimental set of fluorescent cDNA from total or polyadenylated RNA, the RNA isolated from the modified prokaryote or eukaryote of step (e), the fluorescent cDNA comprising the first fluorescent label and the different second fluorescent label to step (b);

[0040] (h) mixing the experimental set of fluorescent cDNA labeled with the at least one first label with the experimental set of fluorescent cDNA labeled with the at least second first label to form a dual labeled experimental cDNA;

[0041] (i) hybridizing the experimental set of fluorescent cDNA of step (h) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a detectable signal generated from the fluorescent cDNA;

[0042] (j) measuring the signal generated by the hybridization of the second set of fluorescent cDNA to the comprehensive micro-array of step (g); and

[0043] (k) comparing signal generated from the dual labeled control hybridization with the dual labeled experimental hybridization to identify gene expression changes within a prokaryotic or eukaryotic species.

[0044] In another embodiment the invention provides a method for quantitating the amount of protein specifying RNA contained within a genome comprising:

[0045] (a) providing a comprehensive micro-array comprising a multiplicity of genes synthesized from genomic DNA comprised in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic organism;

[0046] (b) generating a set of fluorescent cDNA from total or poly-adenylated RNA isolated from the prokaryotic or eukaryotic organism of step (a);

[0047] (c) generating a set of fluorescent DNA from genomic DNA isolated from the prokaryotic or eukaryotic organism of step (a);

[0048] (d) hybridizing the fluorescent cDNA of step (b) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a first fluorescent signal generated from the fluorescent cDNA for each gene;

[0049] (e) hybridizing the fluorescent DNA of step (c) to the comprehensive micro-array of step (a), wherein hybridization results in a second fluorescent signal generated from the fluorescent DNA for each gene; and

[0050] (f) dividing, for each open reading from, the first fluorescent signal into the second fluorescent signal to provide a quantitated measure of the amount of protein specifying RNA for each gene.

[0051] The methods of the present invention are applicable to genomes contained within a variety of organisms including bacteria, cyanobacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi, plant cells and animal cells.

[0052] The present methods of identifying gene expression changes within genome may be additionally coupled with the methods of quantitating the amount of protein specifying RNA contained within a genome as disclosed herein.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS AND SEQUENCE DESCRIPTIONS

[0053]
FIG. 1A describes the gene expression analysis of IPTG induction in a single hybridization experiment using different slide sets as capture reagents for Cy3-labeled cDNA derived from treated and control cells and plotted in log-log form.

[0054]
FIG. 1B describes the gene expression analysis of IPTG induction by labeling the control sample with Cy5 and the induced sample with Cy3 before hybridizing to a single set of 3 slides.

[0055]
FIG. 1C describes an average of induced RNA and control RNA with Cy3 from IPTG induction, generated by label swapping.

[0056]
FIG. 1D describes data replicating the results shown in FIG. 1C.

[0057]
FIG. 1E describes an averaging of the data of FIG. 1C and FIG. 1D.

[0058]
FIG. 2 describes the distribution of gene expression levels for cells grown in minimal or rich medium.

[0059]
FIG. 3 describes the fractional (summed open reading frame transcripts/total open reading frame transcripts) analysis of gene expression.

[0060] The invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying sequence descriptions which form a part of this application.

[0061] The following sequences comply with 37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825 (“Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures—the Sequence Rules”) and are consistent with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standard ST.25 (1998) and the sequence listing requirements of the EPO and PCT (Rules 5.2 and 49.5(a-bis), and Section 208 and Annex C of the Administrative Instructions). The symbols and format used for nucleotide and amino acid sequence data comply with the rules set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.822.

[0062] SEQ ID NO: 1 and 2 are primers used in the amplification of the sdiA gene.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0063] Applicants have solved the stated problem by providing a method to measure a comprehensive mRNA expression of E. coli using a high density DNA microarray with a near-complete collection of E. coli open reading frames (ORFs).

[0064] The present invention advances the art by providing:

[0065] (i) the first instance of a comprehensive micro-array comprising greater than 75% of all open reading frames from a prokaryotic organism, overcoming the problems of high concentration of endogenous RNAase and ribosomal RNA;

[0066] (ii) a method for quantitating the amount of each protein specifying RNA contained within a culture; and

[0067] (iii) a method for decreasing the background noise generated within a gene expression profile through the combination of multiple signal generating labels.

[0068] The present invention has utility in many different fields. Many discovery compounds can be screened by comparing their gene expression profile to a known compound that affects the desirable target gene products. Additionally gene expression profiles are good indicators of genotypic alterations among strains. The present invention may allow the discovery of complementary target inhibitors in combination drug-therapy and may be used as a modeling system to test perturbations in process conditions to determine the conditions for the high yield of desired production in various bio-processes and biotransformations.

[0069] In this disclosure, a number of terms and abbreviations are used. The following definitions are provided.

[0070] “Open reading frame” is abbreviated ORF. The term “ORF” is refers to a gene that specifies a protein.

[0071] “Polymerase chain reaction” is abbreviated PCR.

[0072] The term “micro-array” means an array of regions having a density of discrete regions of oligonucleotides of at least about 100/cm2, and preferably at least about 1000/cm2.

[0073] The term “comprehensive micro array” refers to high-density micro-array containing at least 75% of all open reading frames of the organism.

[0074] The term “expression profile” refers to the expression of groups of genes.

[0075] The term “gene expression profile” refers to the expression of an individual gene and of suites of individual genes.

[0076] The “comprehensive expression profile” refers to the gene expression profile of more than 75% of all genes in the genome.

[0077] The term “high density” as used in conjunction with micro-array means and array having an array density of generally greater than about 60, more generally greater than about 100, most generally greater than about 600, often greater than about 1000, more often greater than about 5,000, most often greater than about 10,000, preferably greater than about 40,000 more preferably greater than about 100,000, and most preferably greater than about 400,000 different nucleic acids per cm.2

[0078] As used herein, an “isolated nucleic acid fragment” is a polymer of RNA or DNA that is single- or double-stranded, optionally containing synthetic, non-natural or altered nucleotide bases. An isolated nucleic acid fragment in the form of a polymer of DNA may be comprised of one or more segments of cDNA, genomic DNA or synthetic DNA.

[0079] The term “probe” refers to a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that can base pair with a complementary single stranded target nucleic acid to form a double-stranded molecule.

[0080] The term “genotype” refers to the genetic constitution of an organism as distinguished from its physical appearance.

[0081] The term “genomic DNA” refers to total DNA from an organism.

[0082] The term “total RNA” refers to non-fractionated RNA from an organism.

[0083] The term “protein specifying RNA” or “protein specifying transcript” or “mRNA” refers to RNA derived from ORF.

[0084] The term “label” will refer to a substance which may be incorporated into DNA or RNA which will emit a detectable signal under various conditions. Typically a label will be a fluorescent moiety.

[0085] A nucleic acid molecule is “hybridizable” to another nucleic acid molecule, such as a cDNA, genomic DNA, or RNA, when a single stranded form of the nucleic acid molecule can anneal to the other nucleic acid molecule under the appropriate conditions of temperature and solution ionic strength. Hybridization and washing conditions are well known and exemplified in Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor (1989), particularly Chapter 11 and Table 11.1 therein. The conditions of temperature and ionic strength determine the “stringency” of the hybridization. Hybridization requires that the two nucleic acids contain complementary sequences, although depending on the stringency of the hybridization, mismatches between bases are possible. The appropriate stringency for hybridizing nucleic acids depends on the length of the nucleic acids and the degree of complementation, variables well known in the art. The greater the degree of similarity or homology between two nucleotide sequences, the greater the value of Tm for hybrids of nucleic acids having those sequences. The relative stability (corresponding to higher Tm) of nucleic acid hybridizations decreases in the following order: RNA:RNA, DNA:RNA, DNA:DNA. For hybrids of greater than 100 nucleotides in length, equations for calculating Tm have been derived (see Sambrook et al., supra, 9.50-9.51). For hybridizations with shorter nucleic acids, i.e., oligonucleotides, the position of mismatches becomes more important, and the length of the oligonucleotide determines its specificity (see Sambrook et al., supra, 11.7-11.8). Furthermore, the skilled artisan will recognize that the temperature and wash solution salt concentration may be adjusted as necessary according to factors such as length of the probe.

[0086] The term “complementary” is used to describe the relationship between nucleotide bases that are capable to hybridizing to one another. For example, with respect to DNA, adenosine is complementary to thymine and cytosine is complementary to guanine.

[0087] “Gene” refers to the part of the genome specifying a macromolecular product be it RNA or a protein and include regulatory sequences preceding (5′ non-coding sequences) and following (3′ non-coding sequences) the coding sequence.

[0088] A “genetic site” refers to a genomic region at which a gene product operates.

[0089] “Coding sequence” or “open reading frame” (ORF) refers to a DNA sequence that codes for a specific amino acid sequence. “Suitable regulatory sequences” refer to nucleotide sequences located upstream (5′ non-coding sequences), within, or downstream (3′ non-coding sequences) of a coding sequence, and which influence the transcription, RNA processing or stability, or translation of the associated coding sequence. Regulatory sequences may include promoters, translation leader sequences, introns, and polyadenylation recognition sequences.

[0090] “Promoter” refers to a DNA sequence capable of controlling the expression of a coding sequence or functional RNA. In general, a coding sequence is located 3′ to a promoter sequence. Promoters may be derived in their entirety from a native gene, or be composed of different elements derived from different promoters found in nature, or even comprise synthetic DNA segments. It is understood by those skilled in the art that different promoters may direct the expression of a gene in different tissues or cell types, or at different stages of development, or in response to different environmental conditions. Promoters which cause a gene to be expressed in most cell types at most times are commonly referred to as “constitutive promoters”. It is further recognized that since in most cases the exact boundaries of regulatory sequences have not been completely defined, DNA fragments of different lengths may have identical promoter activity.

[0091] “RNA transcript” refers to the product resulting from RNA polymerase-catalyzed transcription of a DNA sequence. When the RNA transcript is the polymer product of an RNA polymerase, it is referred to as the primary transcript or it may be a RNA sequence derived from post-transcriptional processing of the primary transcript and is referred to as the mature RNA. “Messenger RNA (mRNA)” refers to the RNA that is without introns and that can be translated into protein by the cell. “cDNA” refers to a double-stranded DNA that is complementary to and derived from mRNA.

[0092] The term “expression”, as used herein, refers to the transcription and stable accumulation of sense (mRNA) or antisense RNA derived from genomic DNA. Expression may also refer to translation of mRNA into a polypeptide.

[0093] The term “stress” or “environmental stress” refers to the condition produced in a cell as the result of exposure to an environmental insult.

[0094] The term “insult” or “environmental insult” refers to any substance or environmental change that results in an alteration of normal cellular metabolism in a bacterial cell or population of cells. Environmental insults may include, but are not limited to, chemicals, environmental pollutants, heavy metals, changes in temperature, changes in pH, as well as agents producing oxidative damage, DNA damage, anaerobiosis, and changes in nitrate availability or pathogenesis.

[0095] The term “stress response” refers to the cellular response to an environmental insult.

[0096] The term “stress gene” refers to any gene whose transcription is induced as a result of environmental stress or by the presence of an environmental insult.

[0097] The term “modified bacterial species” refers to a bacterial culture that has been exposed to a stress or insult such that either it demonstrates a change in its gene expression profile. Typically the modified bacterial species is produced as the result of induction or challenge of the culture with a chemical or environmental challenge. Similarly, a “modified prokaryotic or eukaryotic species” refers to either a prokarytoic or eukaryotic organism that has been exposed to a stress or insult such that the gene expression profile of that organisms as been altered.

[0098] The term “log phase”, “log phase growth”, “exponential phase” or “exponential phase growth” refers to cell cultures of organisms growing under conditions permitting the exponential multiplication of the cell number.

[0099] The term “growth-altering environment” refers to energy, chemicals, or living things that have the capacity to either inhibit cell growth or kill cells. Inhibitory agents may include but are not limited to mutagens, antibiotics, UV light, gamma-rays, x-rays, extreme temperature, phage, macrophages, organic chemicals and inorganic chemicals.

[0100] Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used here are well known in the art and are described by Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989) (hereinafter “Maniatis”); and by Silhavy, T. J., Bennan, M. L. and Enquist, L. W., Experiments with Gene Fusions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Press Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1984); and by Ausubel, F. M. et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, published by Greene Publishing Assoc. and Wiley-Interscience (1987).

[0101] The present invention provides a method to measure the changes in gene expression profiles of prokaryotic organisms. The present invention also provides a method to measure the levels of protein specifying RNA in prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic organisms. The present invention provides a method to compare the gene expression patterns of two samples differing in one variable. The variables may include but are not limited to genotype, media, temperature, depletion or addition of nutrient, addition of an inhibitor, physical assault, irradiation, heat, cold, elevated or lowered pressure, desiccation, low or high ionic strength, and growth phases.

[0102] Gene expression profiles were determined under the following conditions to find: (a) differences in gene expression profiles caused by growth of E. coli in either minimal or rich medium, (b) changes in gene expression associated with the transition from exponential phase to stationary phase growth in minimal medium, and (c) the specificity of induction mediated by isopropylthiogalactoside (IPTG), the classic lac operon inducer, (d) the specificity of expression changes mediated by the amplification of sdiA, a positive activator of an operon that includes ftsQAZ, genes essential for septation, and (e) the changes in gene expression patterns with cells that cannot turn on the SOS stress response in comparison to wild type response when the cells are exposed to mitomycin C (MMC).

[0103] In its most basic form the present invention creates a comprehensive micro-array from a bacterial genome. Any bacteria is suitable for analysis by the method of the present invention where enteric bacteria (Escherichia, and Salmonella for example) as well as cyanobacteria (such as Rhodobacter and Synechocystis and Bacillus, Acinetobacter, Streptomyces, Methylobacter, and Pseudomona are particularly suitable.

[0104] One of skill in the art will appreciate that in order to measure the transcription level (and thereby the expression level) of a gene or genes, it is desirable to provide a nucleic acid sample comprising mRNA transcript(s) of the gene or genes, or nucleic acids derived from the mRNA transcript(s). As used herein, a nucleic acid derived from an mRNA transcript refers to a nucleic acid for whose synthesis the mRNA transcript or a subsequence thereof has ultimately served as a template. Thus, a cDNA reverse transcribed from an mRNA, an RNA transcribed from that cDNA, a DNA amplified from the cDNA, an RNA transcribed from the amplified DNA, etc., are all derived from the mRNA transcript and detection of such derived products is indicative of the presence and/or abundance of the original transcript in a sample. Thus, suitable samples include, but are not limited to, mRNA transcripts of the gene or genes, cDNA reverse transcribed from the mRNA, cRNA transcribed from the cDNA, DNA amplified from the genes, RNA transcribed from amplified DNA, and the like.

[0105] Typically the genes are amplified by methods of primer directed amplification such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202 (1987, Mullis, et al.) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,195 (1986, Mullis, et al.), ligase chain reaction ( LCR) (Tabor et al., Proc. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 82, 1074-1078 (1985)) or strand displacement amplification (Walker et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 89, 392, (1992) for example.

[0106] The micro-array is comprehensive in that it incorporates at least 75% of all ORF's present in the genome. Amplified ORF's are then spotted on slides comprised of glass or-some other solid substrate by methods well known in the art to form a micro-array. Methods of forming high density arrays of oligonucleotides, with a minimal number of synthetic steps are known (see for example Brown et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,110,426). The oligonucleotide analogue array can be synthesized on a solid substrate by a variety of methods, including, but not limited to, light-directed chemical coupling, and mechanically directed coupling. See Pirrung et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,143,854 (see also PCT Application No. WO 90/15070) and Fodor et al., PCT Publication Nos. WO 92/10092 and WO 93/09668 which disclose methods of forming vast arrays of peptides, oligonucleotides and other molecules using, for example, light-directed synthesis techniques. See also, Fodor et al., Science, 251, 767-77 (1991).

[0107] Bacteria typically contain from about 2000 to about 6000 ORF's per genome and the present method is suitable for genomes of this size where genomes of about 4000 ORF's are most suitable. The ORF's are arrayed in high density on at least one glass microscope slide. This is in contrast to a low density array where ORF's are arrayed on a membranous material such as nitrocellulose. The small surface area of the high density array (often less than about 10 cm2, preferably less than about 5 cm2 more preferably less than about 2 cm2, and most preferably less than about 1.6 cm.2) permits extremely uniform hybridization conditions (temperature regulation, salt content, etc.).

[0108] Once all the genes of ORF's from the genome are amplified, isolated and arrayed, a set of probes, bearing a signal generating label are synthesized. Probes may be randomly generated or may be synthesized based on the sequence of specific open reading frames. Probes of the present invention are typically single stranded nucleic acid sequences which are complementary to the nucleic acid sequences to be detected. Probes are “hybridizable” to the ORF's. The probe length can vary from 5 bases to tens of thousands of bases, and will depend upon the specific test to be done. Typically a probe length of about 15 bases to about 30 bases is suitable. Only part of the probe molecule need be complementary to the nucleic acid sequence to be detected. In addition, the complementarity between the probe and the target sequence need not be perfect. Hybridization does occur between imperfectly complementary molecules with the result that a certain fraction of the bases in the hybridized region are not paired with the proper complementary base.

[0109] Signal generating labels that may be incorporated into the probes are well known in the art. For example labels may include but are not limited to fluorescent moieties, chemiluminescent moieties, particles, enzymes, radioactive tags, or light emitting moieties or molecules, where fluorescent moieties are preferred. Most preferred are fluorescent dyes capable of attaching to nucleic acids and emitting a fluorescent signal. A variety of dyes are known in the art such as fluorescein, Texas red, and rhodamine. Preferred in the present invention are the mono reactive dyes cy3 (146368-16-3) and cy5 (146368-14-1) both available commercially (i.e.Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Arlington Heights, Ill.). Suitable dyes are discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,814,454 hereby incorporated by reference.

[0110] Labels may be incorporated by any of a number of means well known to those of skill in the art. However, in a preferred embodiment, the label is simultaneously incorporated during the amplification step in the preparation of the probe nucleic acids. Thus, for example, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with labeled primers or labeled nucleotides will provide a labeled amplification product. In a preferred embodiment, reverse transcription or replication, using a labeled nucleotide (e.g. dye-labeled UTP and/or CTP) incorporates a label into the transcribed nucleic acids.

[0111] Alternatively, a label may be added directly to the original nucleic acid sample (e.g., mRNA, polyA mRNA, cDNA, etc.) or to the amplification product after the synthesis is completed. Means of attaching labels to nucleic acids are well known to those of skill in the art and include, for example nick translation or end-labeling (e.g. with a labeled RNA) by kinasing of the nucleic acid and subsequent attachment (ligation) of a nucleic acid linker joining the sample nucleic acid to a label (e.g., a fluorophore).

[0112] Following incorporation of the label into the probe the probes are then hybridized to the micro-array using standard conditions where hybridization results in a double stranded nucleic acid, generating a detectable signal from the label at the site of capture reagent attachment to the surface. Typically the probe and array must be mixed with each other under conditions which will permit nucleic acid hybridization. This involves contacting the probe and array in the presence of an inorganic or organic salt under the proper concentration and temperature conditions. The probe and array nucleic acids must be in contact for a long enough time that any possible hybridization between the probe and sample nucleic acid may occur. The concentration of probe or array in the mixture will determine the time necessary for hybridization to occur. The higher the probe or array concentration the shorter the hybridization incubation time needed. Optionally a chaotropic agent may be added. The chaotropic agent stabilizes nucleic acids by inhibiting nuclease activity. Furthermore, the chaotropic agent allows sensitive and stringent hybridization of short oligonucleotide probes at room temperature [Van Ness and Chen (1991) Nucl. Acids Res. 19:5143-5151]. Suitable chaotropic agents include guanidinium chloride, guanidinium thiocyanate, sodium thiocyanate, lithium tetrachloroacetate, sodium perchlorate, rubidium tetrachloroacetate, potassium iodide, and cesium trifluoroacetate, among others. Typically, the chaotropic agent will be present at a final concentration of about 3 M. If desired, one can add formamide to the hybridization mixture, typically 30-50% (v/v).

[0113] Various hybridization solutions can be employed. Typically, these comprise from about 20 to 60% volume, preferably 30%, of a polar organic solvent. A common hybridization solution employs about 30-50% v/v formamide, about 0.15 to 1 M sodium chloride, about 0.05 to 0.1 M buffers, such as sodium citrate, Tris-HCl, PIPES or HEPES (pH range about 6-9), about 0.05 to 0.2% detergent, such as sodium dodecylsulfate, or between 0.5-20 mM EDTA, FICOLL (Pharmacia Inc.) (about 300-500 kilodaltons), polyvinylpyrrolidone (about 250-500 kdal), and serum albumin. Also included in the typical hybridization solution will be unlabeled carrier nucleic acids from about 0.1 to 5 mg/mL, fragmented nucleic DNA, e.g., calf thymus or salmon sperm DNA, or yeast RNA, and optionally from about 0.5 to 2% wt./vol. glycine. Other additives may also be included, such as volume exclusion agents which include a variety of polar water-soluble or swellable agents, such as polyethylene glycol, anionic polymers such as polyacrylate or polymethylacrylate, and anionic saccharidic polymers, such as dextran sulfate. Methods of optimizing hybridization conditions are well known to those of skill in the art (see, e.g., Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol. 24: Hybridization With Nucleic Acid Probes, P. Tijssen, ed. Elsevier, N.Y., (1993)) and Maniatis, supra.

[0114] The basis of gene expression profiling via micro-array technology relies on comparing an organism under a variety of conditions that result in alteration of the genes expressed. Within the context of the present invention a single population of cells was exposed to a variety of stresses that resulted in the alteration of gene expression. Alternatively, the cellular environment may be kept constant and the genotype may be altered. Typical stresses that result in an alteration in gene expression profile will include, but is not limited to conditions altering the growth of a cell or strain, exposure to mutagens , antibiotics, UV light, gamma-rays, x-rays, phage, macrophages, organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, environmental pollutants, heavy metals, changes in temperature, changes in pH, conditions producing oxidative damage, DNA damage, anaerobiosis, depletion or addition of nutrients, addition of a growth inhibitor, and desiccation. Non-stressed cells are used for generation of “control” arrays and stressed cells are used to generate an “experimental”, “stressed” or “induced” arrays.

[0115] In an alternate embodiment the present invention provides a method for quantitating the amount of each protein specifying RNA contained within an organism. This is often necessary in gene expression profile analysis because the quantity of transcript produced as well as its fold elevation is needed for quantitative analysis of the cell's physiological state. The method is applicable to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms including for example, cyanobacteria (such as Rhodobacter and Synechocystis) yeasts (such as Saccharomyces, Zygosaccharomyces, Kluyveromyces, Candida, Hansenula, Debaryomyces, Mucor, Pichia and Torulopsis), filamentous fungi (such as Aspergillus and Arthrobotrys), plant cells and animal cells. The method proceeds by generating a comprehensive micro-array as described above, from either total or poly-adenylated RNA, depending on the whether the organism is prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Following the generation of the array, a set of labeled DNA and a set, of labeled cDNA are synthesized having complementarity to the ORF's of the array. The signals generated from the independent hybridization of either the labeled DNA or cDNA are used to quantitate the amount of protein specifying RNA contained within a genome.

[0116] In another embodiment the invention provides a method for gene expression profiling with a reduced signal to noise ratio. This is accomplished using a dual “label swapping” method and is again applicable to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. “Label swapping” refers to a system where a set of probes or cDNA generated from control or experimental conditions are labeled with two different labels and mixed prior hybridization with the array. Two sets of control and experimental probes or cDNA's are generated. One of the control sets is labeled with a first label (i.e. cy3) and the other is labeled with a different second label (i.e. cy5). The two differently labeled sets are mixed and then hybridized with the array. The same process is repeated for the experimental conditions and the resulting control and experimental fluorescent signals are compared. This combination of signals provides (a) additional measure of each transcript level and (b) allows for the canceling of any bias associate with differential incorporation of fluorescently labeled nucleotide into cDNA or the hybridization of that cDNA.

[0117] The preferred embodiments of the invention are discussed below.

[0118] Bulk E. coli RNA was reverse transcribed to prepare hybridization probes. Despite the large amount of stable RNA (ribosomal and transfer RNAs) in the template, hybridization to protein-encoding genes was readily detected.

[0119] As shown in FIG. 1 with IPTG induction, conditions have been optimized to yield highly reliable data. In FIG. 1, basal expression levels were plotted on the ordinate, induced levels on the abscissa. Panel A illustrates the results obtained when two Cy3-labeled probes were hybridized to duplicate whole genome array sets. Panel B represents an experiment in which the Cy5-labeled cDNA copy of control RNA and the Cy3-labeled copy of induced RNA were co-annealed to a single slide set. The RNAs used to generate the results in Panel B were each labeled with the other dye to allow a “reciprocal” hybridization. In Panel C, the resulting data were averaged with the data presented in Panel B to yield the scatter plot depicted in Panel C. A second independent set of RNA samples were isolated, their cDNAs labeled with both dyes and products hybridized in both possible combinations to generate the results depicted in Panel D. Panel E displays the averaged results of the two independent experiments depicted in Panels C and D.

[0120] Reciprocal Labeling. When the results of a single hybridization experiment using different slide sets as capture reagents for Cy3-labeled cDNA derived from treated and control cells were plotted in log-log form, lacZYA induction above the background was detected (FIG. 1A); variation of other genes was also significant as indicated by the width of the points falling along the diagonal of this scatter plot. Improvements were observed by labeling the control sample with Cy5 and the induced sample with Cy3 before hybridizing to a single set of 3 slides (FIG. 1B). However, there was a skewing of the data away from the abscissa and towards the ordinate (y-axis; Cy5-labeled probe). Averaging of these results with others obtained using reciprocal copying of the same RNA samples (induced RNA reverse transcribed with Cy5 and control RNA with Cy3) resulted in a decreased variation between the treated and control samples (FIG. 1C). Such “label swapping” lessened the skewing and decreased the scatter. The experiment, depicted in FIG. 1C, was replicated; fresh cultures were induced and nucleic acids processed to yield the data depicted in FIG. 1D. The experiments shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D each represent four measurements of individual transcript abundance; this repetition and averaging yielded the tight constellation shown in FIG. 1E which combined the data of FIG, 1C and 1D. Nonetheless, the scatter plot resulting from an experiment using the optimized protocol (FIG. 1E) illustrated that measurements of gene expression were still subject to considerable variation when the signal was in the lowest part of the detectable range.

[0121] The effect of 1 mM IPTG upon expression of the arrayed genes was investigated. Duplicate RNA preparations of the control and IPTG treated cells were each labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 by first strand cDNA synthesis. Averaging of measurements gave an optimal reliability of the data (FIG. 1). Examination of the extent of hybridization to any individual gene revealed a wide dynamic range with more than a thousand fold variation in signal intensity between genes (see FIG. 1). The expression of only 8 genes increased by a factor of more than 2 after exposure to 1 mM IPTG for 15 min (FIG. 1E). These induced genes are listed in Table 1. Two-fold or greater repression was not observed after this treatment. The most highly induced RNAs corresponded to the lac operon structural genes. Examples of the induced genes are b0956, melA, uxaA and b 1783.

[0122] Signal Quantitation. The present invention was applied to monitor the effects of growth stage and medium on gene expression. For these embodiments, signal quantitation was important. The percentage of RNA that programs protein synthesis has been determined under a wide variety of growth regimes (Bremer and Dennis, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology ASM Press: 922-937 (1996)). The fraction of those protein-specifying transcripts devoted to each arrayed gene was estimated. Hybridization signals arising from annealing of RNA-derived Cy3-labeled cDNA populations were quantitated by dividing by the signal generated using Cy3 fluorescent DNA arising from copying of sheared E. coli genomic DNA as a probe. The probe synthesized by copying genomic DNA was used to approximate equimolar transcription of the entire genome. This quantitation allowed calculation of mRNA inventories. Three RNA samples were measured. The samples were isolated from cells growing exponentially in rich medium, from cells growing exponentially in minimal medium, and from cells in minimal medium transitioning from exponential to stationary phase. RNAs from certain central metabolic (gapA, ptsH), defense (ahpC, cspC), DNA metabolic (hns), surface structure (acpP, ompACFT, lpp), translation (rplBCKLMPWX, rpmBCl, rpsACDHJNS, trmD,fusA, infC, tufAB), transcription (rpoAB), and unassigned (b4243) genes (Riley and Labedan, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press: 2118-2202 (1996)) were abundant (>0.1%, among the top 100 transcripts) in all three samples.

[0123] The most highly transcribed genes in actively growing broth-cultured cells often encoded proteins involved in translation. In contrast, cultures at a similar growth stage in glucose minimal medium, expressed to a very high level several small molecule biosynthetic genes and the means to utilize glucose. Thus, an agreement between these molecular analyses and the accumulated understanding of E. coli physiology was observed (Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press). This agreement was underscored in the analysis of cells transitioning from the exponential growth phase; the elevated expression of several rpoS-controlled genes corresponded to expectations (Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press).

[0124] The genes, each representing between 0.0007% and 1% of the hybridizing signal, were expressed in LB grown cells. The distribution of genes as a function of expression level is plotted in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 depicts fractional expression as a function of summed genes with genes ranked by expression level. In FIG. 2, the histogram plots the number of genes as a function of expression range. Diagonally striped, solid, and horizontally striped bars reflect distributions observed in RNAs derived from cells growing exponentially in minimal medium, cells transitioning to stationary phase in minimal medium, and cells growing exponentially in rich medium, respectively. In FIG. 3, the fraction (summed open reading frame transcripts/total open reading frame transcripts) was plotted as a function of genes summed. The order in which genes were summed was based upon expression level with the most highly expressed gene summed first.

[0125] Fewer genes were expressed in LB than in minimal medium (FIG. 2); the fraction of rare transcripts appeared under-represented in LB medium (FIG. 3). The fifty most highly expressed genes in broth-grown cells are listed in left-most columns of Table 2; twenty-six of these intensely transcribed genes encode proteins involved in translation while three encode chaperones.

[0126] The broad distribution analyses (FIGS. 2 and 3) readily revealed the significant differences observed in expression of E. coli when grown in defined and rich media. In minimal media many more genes were transcribed over a somewhat broader range. The 50 genes most highly expressed in exponentially growing cells cultured in minimal medium with glucose as a carbon/energy source are listed in the middle columns of Table 2. Eight biosynthetic genes were highly expressed (Table 2). Notable among them were metE, encoding the aerobic methionine synthase, and ilvC, an isoleucine-valine biosynthetic gene subject to feed-forward transcriptional activation (Umbarger, H. E, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996) ) by its substrates. Both the ilvC-encoded enzyme (Petersen et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 14:9631-9651 (1986)) and metE-encoded enzyme (Green, R. C., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)) are sluggish catalysts. The metE product accounts for about 5% of E. coli protein when cells are cultured in minimal medium with glucose as a carbon/energy source (VanBogelen et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)). Other highly expressed biosynthetic genes included folE and cysK; the folE product, GTP cyclohydrolase I catalyzes both cleavage of the 5-membered ring of guanine and the rearrangement of the ribose moiety of the substrate, GTP (Green et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)). cysK, encoding o-acetylserine(thiol)-lyase isozyme A, is responsible for more than 90% of sulfur fixation under aerobic conditions (Kredich, N. M., Molecular Biology, ASM press (1996)). Transcripts of the pyrBI operon encoding aspartate transcarbamylase also were highly expressed during exponential growth in minimal medium relative to a broth-grown culture. This expression level is a characteristic signature of strain MG1655 whose aspartate transcarbamylase content is elevated more than 100 fold when grown in the absence of uracil due to an rph mutation that is polar on pyrE (Jensen, K. F., J. Bacteriol. 181:3525-3535 (1993)). The other highly expressed transcripts, thrL and pheF, encoded, respectively, the threonine leader polypeptide (Landick et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)) and the phenylalanine-inhibited first enzyme of the common aromatic pathway. The pheF product, one of three isozymes, is estimated to account for more than 80% of the activity catalyzing the first common step of aromatic amino acid synthesis (Pittard, A. J., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)).

[0127] In this embodiment, expression of several genes catalyzing fueling reactions was also elevated. Unexpectedly, aceAB, encoding the glyoxylate shunt enzymes malate synthase and isocitrate lyase (Cronan and Laporte, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)), was highly expressed. Perhaps the TCA cycle functions in its branched state during this phase of growth requiring the glyoxylate shunt for anapleurotic replenishment (Neidhardt et al., Physiology of the Bacterial Cell: A Molecular Approach, Sinauer Associates, Inc. (1990)). As expected, ptsHI transcripts encoding phosphotransferase sugar transport common components (Postma et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)) also accumulated to a very high titer in glucose-minimal medium.

[0128] The present invention was applied to monitor the transcripts of cells transitioning from exponential to stationary phase in defined, minimal medium. During this transition, significant changes in gene expression were expected and observed. Expressed gene levels were from 0.0023 to 1.6%. A total of 1030 genes, of which 110 have a defined role, did not appear to be expressed. In this embodiment, the 50 most highly expressed genes during this transition are listed in the rightmost columns of Table 2. Significantly, several rpoS-regulated genes (Hengge-Aronis, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press, 1497-1512) including hdeA (11 fold), hdeB (8.9 fold), dps (4.4 fold), gadA (8.2 fold) and gadB (12 fold) (Castanie-Cornet et al., J. Bacteriol. 181:3525-3535 (1999)) as well as rpoS (2.6 fold) itself became quite highly expressed. Despite this remodeling of transcription, the overall patterns of gene number as a function of expression level (FIG. 2) and fractional expression as a function of ranked gene (FIG. 3) were not as distinct as might have been expected in comparison to the patterns observed for RNA extracted from exponentially growing cells.

[0129] The observed expression patterns are summarized in Table 3 where gene products were grouped by metabolic function using an established classification scheme (Riley and Labedan, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)). Exponential growth in minimal medium elevated the amount of pyrimidine and amino acid biosynthetic transcripts. In contrast cofactor and purine transcripts did not appear to accumulate relative to growth in broth. Expression of glyoxylate shunt and miscellaneous glucose transcripts was also elevated in minimal medium; the seven-fold elevation of glyoxylate shunt transcripts exceeded the average of that observed for amino acid biosynthetic mRNAs. Expression of genes involved in sulfur fixation was also elevated during growth in minimal medium.

[0130] The rapid growth observed in LB was reflected in the gene expression profile, as was the difference in carbon energy/source between glucose and amino acids. LB-grown cultures displayed elevated expression of genes specifying glucogenic enzymes and of genes whose products degrade small molecules. Expression of the ATP and proton motive force generating machinery, elevated by a factor of about 2, paralleled increased ribosomal protein, aminoacayl-tRNA synthetase and foldase/usher expression.

[0131] Changes observed upon entering the transitional period between exponential and stationary phase growth were less dramatic. Nonetheless, elevation of mRNAs specifying gluconogenic, glycolytic, and TCA cycle enzymes was observed as was an increase in transcripts-encoding enzymes responsible for metabolic pool interconversions and for the non-oxidative branch of the hexose monophosphate shunt. The cells also displayed an increased titer of foldase/usher- specifying and global regulatory function transcripts while transitioning between growth phases.

[0132] The present invention was used to monitor the change in gene expression when cells overexpressd sdiA gene. The sdiA is a positive activator of an operon that includes ftsQAZ, genes essential for septation.

[0133] RNA isolated from broth grown, exponential phase cultures harboring either a single copy (pUC19/RFM443) or many copies (pDEW140/RFM443) of sdiA were compared after conversion into fluorescently labeled cDNA by hybridization to individual genes arrayed on glass slides.

[0134] Expression of about 9% of the E. coli genes was elevated in the strain containing the multicopy sdiA plasmid (Table 4). Transcripts of seven genes involved in cell division were raised 2.1 to 11 fold by amplification of sdiA as were a large number (about 20) of genes involved in DNA replication, repair, and degradation. Transcript levels of eight genes whose products alter the susceptibility of E. coli to drugs were more highly expressed in the strain containing the gene amplification. This genetic configuration also resulted in elevated expression of several lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic genes (rfa) as well as open reading frames encoding membrane structural elements.

[0135] Expression of several genes of unknown function was also elevated in response to the presence of multiple copies of sdiA. The genes whose transcripts were highly (>6 fold) elevated in response to the multicopy sdiA plasmid included: b0135 (6.4 fold, annotated as putative fimbrial-like protein gene), b0225 (6.4 fold, a gene apparently co-transcribed with dinJ since between them there is only a 3 base pair intergenic region), b0157 (11 fold, encoding a putative malate dehydrogenase), b0530 (also known as sfmA and predicted to specify a fimbrial like protein was elevated 6.5 fold), b0712 (encoding a putative carboxylase had a 6.4 fold increase in transcript content) and 1438 (11 fold elevation in expression).

[0136] Around 3% of the E. coli genes were repressed in a strain harboring the sdiA plasmid relative to the control strain containing the vector (Table 5). The genes involved in chemotaxis, mobility, and flagella biosynthesis were repressed dramatically. Genes for transport of certain carbohydrate substrates and cations (Fe++ and K+), degradation of corresponding carbon compounds, as well as acetate fermentation were repressed. The presence of pDEW140, a pUC19 derivative harboring sdiA, resulted in a 30-fold elevation in detectable sdiA transcript. Expression of sdiA was very low (0.0015%, the 4212th most abundant transcript) in LB grown E. coli MG1655. The increased expression in the plasmid containing strain raised the transcript rank to about 300.

[0137] Genes ddl, ftsQ, ftsA, ftsZ and lpxC are organized in the order mentioned above in the complex ftsZ containing operon, and the above genes are transcribed in the same direction starting with ddl. Since the sdiA-encoded positive activator drives transcription of a mRNA including ddl, ftsQ, ftsA, ftsZ, and lpxC, increased quantities of RNA hybridizing to these genes were expected. Amplification of sdiA due to its presence on a multicopy plasmid elevated expression of ddl, ftsQ, ftsA, ftsZ and lpxC 4.6, 8.8, 10, 11 and 3.5 fold, respectively, relative to the strain that harbored pUC19 (Table 4).

[0138] In the immediate down stream of sdiA, there are yecF, followed by uvrY and uvrC gene, respectively. uvrY and uvrC genes are transribed in the same direction as sdiA and the yecF is transcribed in the opposite direction. Unexpectedly, amplification of sdiA elevated expression of two genes downstream of sdiA was observed. uvrY expression was elevated 12 fold while uvrC transcription was increased by a factor of 9 (Table 4). These two genes were transcribed in the same direction as sdiA. The expression of yecF decreased only slightly.

[0139] Amplification of sdiA caused the expression of 101 genes to fall by a factor of 2 or more. Among them, 44 were involved in motility and chemotaxis. Thirty four genes were down regulated more than five-fold by sdiA amplification. Of these, thirty were involved in chemotaxis or motility (cheW; flgB,C,D,E,F,G.H,I,J,K,L,M,N;fliA,C,E,F,G,H,J,L,M,N,P,S,T,Z; tar and tsr). The master regulator genes flhC and D controlling flagella operon expression were lowered by only 30-38%.

[0140] The swarming of strains having single or multiple copies of sdiA was examined by spotting four single colony isolates of each strain on semi-solid medium. Since almost all the genes involved in flagella biosynthesis, chemotaxis and motility were dramatically repressed in the sdiA overexpression strain, loss of mobility of the sdiA overexpression strain was predicted. Experiments were carried out to compare the mobility of the two strains. After 8 hr. at 37° C., the strain containing pUC19 had swarmed (diameter=32±2.5 mm) while that containing pDEW140 (sdiA+) had not (diameter=3.2±0.4 mm). After 23 h the pUC19 containing strain had filled the petri plate while the strain carrying the sdiA amplification had significantly swarmed covering about one half of each plate. This partial phenotype could be explained by either (a) plasmid loss allowing swarming of a revertant (sdiA+ haploid) population as ampicillin was exhausted from the medium or (b) sdiA amplification only partially compromising motility. To distinguish between these possibilities, the site of inoculation and the edge of the swarm after 23 hr were streaked for single colonies to an ampicillin containing LB agar plate. Massive sdiA+ plasmid loss from cells at the edge of the swarm was not observed suggesting that the motility defective phenotype was not an absolute one.

[0141] If the role of sdiA is to stimulate gene expression required for septation, sdiA might coordinate expression of the ftsZ-containing operon with action at the origin of replication, oriC. The two genes immediately flanking oriC are mioC and gidA. mioC is followed by asnC and asnA, and gidA is followed by gidB, atpI and atpB. All of the genes except asnA are transcribed in the same direction. gidA and mioC were over-transcribed relative to the vector-containing control strain. mioC transcript content was elevated 7 fold while those of the gidA and gidB genes were elevated 4 and 2 fold, respectively. This effect was most localized; adjoining genes were not over-expressed.

[0142] Having found enhanced action around oriC, it was reasonable to examine the transcript content of genes surrounding the termini of replication when sdiA was amplified. There are multiple termini in E. coli. The region surrounding terB spans minutes 35.3-37.3 (Berlyn et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology ASM Press: 922-937 (1996)) sdiA amplification-elevated expression of 12 of the 88 genes in this region more than 3 fold. Transcripts from another 26 genes in the region were elevated by a factor of 1.5 to 3. Unlike the action observed around the terminus, the stimulation seen in the vicinity of terB was diffuse. Interestingly, tau, encoding the terminus-utilizing factor, was not over-expressed. Transcription of gusR, located at 36.5 minutes, was elevated 8 fold by sdiA amplification (Table 4).

[0143] acr genes specify sensitivity to acriflavines, molecules that intercalate into double stranded DNA containing monotonic runs of base pairs. Most acr mutants display a defect in acridine efflux; moreover they are often pleiotropic being hypersensitive to a wide variety of chemicals. Thus hyper-expression of these genes in a strain harboring an sdiA-bearing multicopy plasmid could lead to mitomycin C expulsion and the observed resistance to this DNA damaging agent. This expectation of acr hyper-expression was confirmed. Evidence for elevated expression of each acr operon was found as indicated by the fold expression reported in Table 4.

[0144] Elevated transcription of the gal operon genes at minute 17 was observed in the strain bearing the sdiA amplification. These genes, moderately expressed when strain MG1655 was grown in LB medium (ranks: galE 841, galT 1512, galK 599; Wei and LaRossa, unpublished), were elevated 3.8, 4.9 and 4.1 fold, respectively. Nearby, at minute 16 is the ybgIJKL-nei region. ybg genes are organized as ybg F, ybgJ, ybgK and ybgL, in that order followed by nei gene. These genes, transcribed in the same orientation, could constitute an operon since the open reading frames are densely packed, at times overlapping. sdiA amplification elevated expression of these genes 5.2, 4.7, 6.4, 3.8 and 8.6 fold, respectively. nei encodes an endonuclease responsible for the excision of oxidized pyrimidines in the double helix.

[0145] Two linked genes at minute 44, b1956 and b1957 were elevated 6.6 and 14 fold by sdiA amplification. Similarly, expression of b2017 and b2016, two genes at minute 45 divergently transcribed from and adjacent to the his operon, was elevated 3.8 and 3.5 fold, respectively by the presence of the sdiA−containing multicopy plasmid.

[0146] Mitomycin C (MMC) is a DNA damaging agent. E. coli strain, MG1655, was exposed to MMC, and gene expressions were compared in cells that were harvested at 15 and 40 min post exposure. In the cells that were harvested at 15 min, very little SOS response was detected. At the 40 min, expression of40 genes was elevated greater than 2 fold relative to the control strain. Among the 40, 13 stress response genes were induced (Table 6) more than 2 fold. The SOS genes that were induced by a 40 min exposure to MMC were recN, dinl, sulA, lexA, recA, uvrA, dinD, priC, umuC, mioC, uvrB, ruvA, and xseA.

[0147] The SOS responsive genes are lexA-dependent. In order to determine the gene expression patterns in the presence and the absence of the SOS response, DM800 and DM803 were exposed to MMC for 40 min and the gene expression profiles were compared. DM800 and DM803 harbor lexA+ and lexAind alleles, respectively. As expected, when exposed to MMC for 40 min, SOS responsive genes were induced greater than 2 fold in DM800 strain. SOS responsive genes, including lexA, were not induced in the DM803 strain (Tables 7 and 8). Many genes that were not induced by MMC in DM800 were induced by the DNA damaging agent in DM803. For examples, the expression of the following genes were induced greater than 2 fold in DM803 but not in DM800 (Tables 7 and 8): among the induced genes are those involved with cell division (i.e., dicB, dicC, and sdiA); chemotaxis and mobility (i.e., cheW and motA); and the transport of small molecules (i.e., cycA, fadL, chaC, codB and btuC).

[0148] The present invention is not limited to only highly expressed genes for several reasons. First, reproducible expression measurements were obtained over a wide dynamic range (FIG. 1E). Second, the data of FIG. 3 and Table 1 illustrate that the lac operon expression, although low before IPTG induction, was detected suggesting that most transcripts can be readily measured with the described techniques. Analyses of well-characterized “promoter-down” mutants or spiking experiments may be useful in defining the lower limits of expression that can be observed.

EXAMPLES

[0149] The present invention is further defined in the following Examples. It should be understood that these Examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only. From the above discussion and these Examples, one skilled in the art can ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.

GENERAL METHODS

[0150] Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used in the Examples are well known in the art and are described by Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, (1989) (Maniatis) and by T. J. Silhavy, M. L. Bennan, and L. W. Enquist, Experiments with Gene Fusions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1984) and by Ausubel, F. M. et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, pub. by Greene Publishing Assoc. and Wiley-Interscience (1987).

[0151] The meaning of abbreviations is as follows: “hr” means hour(s), “min” means minute(s), “sec” means second(s), “d” means day(s), “mL” means milliliter(s), “μL” means microliter(s), “nL” means nanoliter(s), “μg” means microgram(s), “ng” means nanogram(s), “mM” means millimole(s), “μM” means micromole(s).

[0152] Media and Culture Conditions

[0153] Materials and methods suitable for the maintenance and growth of bacterial cultures were found in Experiments in Molecular Genetics (Jeffrey H. Miller), Cold spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1972), Manual of Methods for General Bacteriology (Phillip Gerhardt, R. G. E. Murray, Ralph N. Costilow, Eugene W. Nester, Willis A. Wood, Noel R. Krieg and G. Briggs Phillips, eds), pp. 210-213, American Society for Microbiology, Wash., D.C. or Thomas D. Brock in Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology, Second Edition (1989) Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland Mass. All reagents and materials used for the growth and maintenance of bacterial cells were obtained from Aldrich Chemicals (Milwaukee, Wis.), DIFCO Laboraoties (Detroit, Mich.), Gibco/BRL (Gaithersburg, Md.), or Sigma Chemical Company (St. Louis, Mo.) unless otherwise specified.

[0154] LB medium contains following per liter of medium: Bacto-tryptone (10 g), Bacto-yeast extract (5 g), and NaCl (10 g).

[0155] Minimal M9 medium contains following per liter of medium: Na2HPO4 (6 g), KH2PO4 (3 g), NaCl (0.5 g), and NH4Cl (1 g).

[0156] Above media were autoclaved for sterilization then 10 mL of 0.01 M CaCl2 and 1 mL of MgSO4. 7H2O plus carbon source and other nutrient were added as mentioned in the examples. All additions were pre-sterilized before they were added to the media.

[0157] Molecular Biology Techniques

[0158] Restriction enzyme digestions, ligations, transformations, and methods for agarose gel electrophoresis were performed as described in Sambrook, J., et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989). Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) techniques were found in White, B., PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications, Volume 15(1993) Humana Press Inc.

EXAMPLE 1

[0159] Example 1 demonstrates genomic DNA amplification and the preparation of the high density DNA array.

[0160] Amplification of 4290 E. coli genes Specific primer pairs (available from Sigma Genosys Biotechnolgies, The Woodlands, Tex.) for each protein-specifying gene of E. coli were used in two consecutive PCR amplification reactions. Genomic DNA (30 ng) was used as the template in the first round of PCR amplification, and 500-fold diluted PCR products served as templates for PCR re-amplification. Duplicate 50 μL scale reactions were performed. The PCR reactions were catalyzed with ExTaq™ polymerase (Panvera, Madison, Wis.) with the four dNTPs (Pharmacia), present at 0.25 mM and the primers at 0.5 μM. Twenty-five cycles of denaturation at 95° C. for 30 sec, annealing at 64° C. for 30 sec and polymerization at 72° C. for 2 min were conducted. A 2 μL aliquot of each PCR product was sized by electrophoresis through agarose gels. More than 95% of the second round PCR products displayed visible bands of the correct size. Second round PCR reactions devoid of templates and primers were saved to serve as negative controls for hybridization capture reagents. One third of each second round PCR reaction was purified using 96-well PCR purification kits (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). The eluted DNAs were dried using a vacuum centrifuge.

[0161] Arraying amplified genes. Twenty microliters of 6M Na2SCN or 50% DMSO was added to each dried DNA sample (≧0.1 ng/nL). A generation II DNA spotter (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, Calif.) was used to array the samples onto coated glass slides (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Arlington Heights, Ill.). Aliquots of approximately 1 nL from 1536 resuspended PCR products were arrayed in duplicate on each slide; a set of three slides supported all amplified E. coli genes. To serve as controls, 76 specific E. coli PCR products, 8 amplified genes of Klebsiella pnuemoniae and 12 plant cDNA clones were also spotted onto each slide. Spotted glass slides, after baking at 80° C. for 2 hr., were stored under vacuum in a desiccator at room temperature.

EXAMPLE 2

[0162] Example 2 demonstrates gene expression analysis. E. coli mRNA was isolated, fluorescent labeled cDNA was prepared using mRNA as a template, and the labeled cDNA was hybridized to the high density DNA array. The amount of DNA hybridized to DNA array was quantitated and analyzed.

[0163] Microbiological Methods

[0164]

E. coli
MG1655 was cultured with aeration in either the minimal medium, M9 (Miller, J. H., Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor (1972)), supplemented with 0.4% glucose or in the rich medium, LB (Miller, J. H., Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor (1972)), at 37° C. The overnight culture was diluted 250 fold into fresh medium and aerated by shaking at 37° C. Samples of the minimal medium culture were harvested at A600=0.40 (exponential phase) and 1.6 (transition to stationary phase) prior to RNA isolation. An IPTG induction (Miller, J. H., Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor (1972)) was performed to examine the specificity with which it effects gene expression. A culture grown overnight in LB at 37° C. was diluted 250 fold into fresh LB and aerated at 37° C. When the culture achieved an appropriate density (A600=0.40), it was split. To one portion was added IPTG to a final concentration of 1 mM; the untreated sample served as a control. Incubation of both samples was continued with aeration at 37° C. for another 15 min (A600=0.45 for both cultures) before RNA isolation was initiated.

[0165] RNA Isolation. An equivalent volume of shaved ice was added to 50 mL samples which were pelleted immediately in a refrigerated centrifuge by spinning at 10,410×g for 2 min. Each resultant pellet was resuspended in a mixture containing 100 μL of Tris HCl (10 mM, pH 8.0) and 350 μL of β-mercaptoethanol supplemented RLT buffer [Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit, Valencia, Calif.]. The cell suspension was added to a chilled 2 mL screwed-capped microfuge tube containing 100 μL of 0.1 mm zirconia/silica beads (Biospec Product Inc., Bartlesville, Okla.). The cells were broken by agitation at room temperature for 25 sec with a Mini-Beadbeater (TM) (Biospec Products Inc., Bartlesville, Okla.). Debris was pelleted by centrifugation for 3 min at 16,000×g and 4° C.; the resultant supernatant was mixed with 250 μL of ethanol. This mixture was loaded onto a column from the Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit. RNA isolation was completed using the protocol supplied with this kit. Incubation for 1 hr. at 37° C. in 40 mM Tris pH 8.0, 10 mM NaCl, 6 mM MgCl2 with RNase free RQ1 DNase (1 unit/μL, Promega, Madison, Wis.) digested any genomic DNA contaminating the RNA preparation. The digestion products were purified by a second passage through the RNeasy protocol (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). The product was eluted from the column in 50 μL RNAse-free water prior to determining sample concentration by an A260 reading. RNA preparations were stored frozen at either −20 or −80° C.

[0166] Synthesis of fluorescent cDNA from total RNA. Six microgram of RNA template and 12 μg of random hexamer primers (Operon Technologies, Inc., Alameda, Calif.) were diluted with double distilled (dd) water to a volume of 22 μL. Annealing was accomplished by incubation at 70° C. for 10 min followed by 10 min at room temperature. In order were added: 8 μL of 5× SuperScript II reaction buffer (Life Technologies, Inc., Gaithersberg, Md.), 4 μL of 0.1 M DTT, 2 μL of the dNTP mix (2 mM dATP, 2 mM dGTP, 2 mM TTP, 1 mM dCTP), 2 μL of 0.5 mM Cy3- or Cy5-dCTP (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Arlington Heights, Ill.), and 2 μL of SuperScript II reverse transcriptase (200 units/mL, Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersberg, Md.). DNA synthesis proceeded at 42° C. for 2.5 hr. before the reaction was terminated by heating at 94° C. for 5 min. Alkaline hydrolysis of the RNA templates was achieved by adding 2 μL of 5M NaOH followed by incubation at 37° C. for 10 min. Hydrolysis was terminated by the sequential addition of 3 μL of 5M HCl and 5 μL of 1M Tris-HCl, pH 6.8. The labeled cDNA was purified with a PCR purification kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.), dried in a speed vacuum and stored at −20° C. Labeling efficiency was monitored using either A550, for Cy3 incorporation, or A650, for Cy5 labeling, to A260 ratios.

[0167] Fluorescent labeling of genomic DNA. Genomic DNA, isolated from strain MG1655 (Bachmann, B., Escherichia coli and Samonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)) by standard procedures (Van Dyk and Rosson, Methods in Molecular Biology: Bioluminescence Methods and Protocols, Humana Press Inc. (1998)), was nebulized to approximately 2 kb pair fragments. Three microgram of this DNA was mixed with 6 μg of random hexamers primers (Operon Technologies, Inc., Alameda, Calif.) in 33 μL of dd water. DNA was denatured by heating at 94° C. prior to annealing on ice for 10 min. Fluorescent copying of the genomic DNA was accomplished using the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I (5 μg/μL, Promega, Madison, Wis.). To the DNA mixture was added 6 μL of 10× Klenow buffer (supplied with the enzyme), 3 μL of the dNTP mix described above, 12 μL dd H2O, 3 μL of 0.5 mM Cy3-dCTP (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Arlington Heights, Ill.), and 3 μL of the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I. After a static, 2.5 h incubation at room temperature, the labeled DNA probe was purified using a PCR purification kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.) before drying in a speed vacuum.

[0168] Hybridization and washing. Spotted slides were placed in isopropanol for 10 min, boiled in dd H2O for 5 min and dried by passage of ultra-clean N2 gas prior to pre-hybridization. The prehybridization solution (PHS) was 3.5×SSC (BRL, Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersberg, Md.), 0.2% SDS (BRL, Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersberg, Md.), 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA, Fraction V, Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). The hybridization solution (HS) contained 4 μL of dd water, 7.5 μL of 20×SSC, 2.5 μL of 1% SDS (BRL, Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersberg, Md.), 1 μL of 10 mg/ml Salmon sperm DNA (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) and 15 μL of formamide (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). The slides were incubated at 60° C. for 20 min in PHS. The slides were next rinsed 5 times in dd water at room temperature and twice in isopropanol before drying by the passage of nitrogen. The dried probe was resuspended in the HS and denatured by heating at 94° C. for 5 min. Thirty microliter of the probe-containing HS was applied to a dried, pre-hybridized slide, covered with a cover slip (Coming, Corning, N.Y.), and put into a sealed hybridization chamber containing a small reservoir of water to maintain moisture. Hybridization occurred for approximately 14 h at 35° C. Cover slips were removed in washing buffer I (WB I=2×SSC, 0.1% SDS) warmed to 35° C. prior to incubation for 5 min. Next, the slides were washed sequentially for 5 min in 1×SSC, 0.1% SDS and 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS. Slides were then passed through three baths, each passage lasting 2 min in 0.1×SSC. The slides were dried with a nitrogen gas flow.

[0169] Data Collection and Analysis. Hybridization to each slide was quantified with a confocal laser microscope (Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, Calif.) whose photomultiplier tube was set to 700 volts and 800 volts for obtaining Cy3 and Cy5 signals respectively. The images were analyzed with ArrayVision 4.0 software (Imaging Research, Inc., Ontario, Canada). The fluorescent intensity associated with each spotted gene was reduced by subtracting the fluorescence of an adjoining, non-spotted region of the slide. These readings were exported to a spreadsheet for further manipulation. The four “no DNA” spots derived from PCR reactions devoid of template were controls used to determine the noise (background signal) level.

[0170] The 96 genes present on each slide were used as internal controls to quantify signal intensities yielding equivalent readings among the three slides of a whole genome array set. This corrected for slide-to-slide signal variation.

[0171] For the IPTG induction experiment, it was presumed that the overall transcriptional pattern did not change significantly. Thus the summed equivalent reading for the entire genome was quantified; analogous quantitation of the underlying equivalent readings allowed calculation of fold induction of each gene's expression by comparison of such quantified equivalent readings.

[0172] RNA abundance. To convert normalized equivalent readings into measures of transcript abundance, a further correction was needed. That correction required the hybridization signal arising from an equimolar concentration of all transcripts. The surrogate for this transcript pool was the fluorescent copy of genomic DNA. Thus, the fluorescent intensities from hybridization with RNA-derived probes were corrected using fluorescent intensities arising from genomic DNA derived probes. Specifically, the abundance of each gene's transcription product(s) was determined by dividing the normalized equivalent reading of the genomic DNA derived sample into the normalized equivalent reading from the RNA derived sample. The convention of Riley (Riley and Labedan Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology ASM Press, 1996)) was followed in grouping genes into functional sets.

EXAMPLE 3

[0173] Example 3 demonstrates gene expression profile changes when cell were exposed to IPTG, or grown in different culture media. The results are illustrated in Tables 1,2 and 3 (Listing of Tables) as described above.

[0174] IPTG Induction An E. coli strain MG1655 was grown overnight in LB at 37° C. The culture was diluted 250 fold into fresh LB and aerated at 37° C. When the culture achieved an appropriate density (A600=0.40), it was split into two portions.

[0175] To one portion, IPTG was added to a final concentration of 1 mM. The other portion was untreated and served as a control.

[0176] Both samples was incubated with aeration at 37° C. for another 15 min (A600=0.45 for both cultures) before RNA isolation. Gene expression analysis was performed as described in Examples 1 and 2.

[0177] Cells were gown in different culture media E. coli MG1655 was cultured with aeration overnight in either the minimal medium, M9, supplemented with 0.4% glucose or in the rich medium, LB at 37° C. The overnight culture was diluted 250 fold into fresh medium and aerated by shaking at 37° C. Samples of the minimal medium culture were harvested at A600=0.40 (exponential phase) and A600=1.6 (transition to stationary phase) prior to RNA isolation. The LB culture was harvested at A600=0.4 prior to RNA isolation. Gene expression analysis was performed as described in Examples 1 and 2.

EXAMPLE 4

[0178] Example 4 demonstrates gene expression changes and the effect on mobility when sdiA gene was overexpressed in E. coli. The results are tabulated in Tables 4 and 5 (Listing of Tables) as described above.

[0179] The following plasmids and strains were used in this example.

1strain or plasmidgenotypeMG1655rph-1RFM443rpsL galK2 lacΔ74pUC19Cloning vectorpDEW140pUC19 + sdiA (EcoRI)

[0180] Strains and Growth Conditions

[0181] Strains of MG1655 (Bachmann, B., Escherichia coli and Samonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM Press (1996)) and RFM443 (Menzel R., Anal. Biochem., 181:40-50 (1989)) have been described.

[0182] pDEW140 was constructed as following: Chromosomal DNA isolated from E. coli W3110 was partially digested with restriction enzyme Sau3A1 and size fractionated on agarose gels. Fractions of two size ranges (average sizes of approximately 2.5 and 4.0 Kbp) were ligated to pBR322 (0.11 pmol) or pUC18 (0.11 pmol) that had previously been digested with restriction enzyme BamHI and treated with calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase. The molar ratio of chromosomal DNA to vector in each of the ligation reactions was approximately 0.2:1. The ligation products were used to transform ultracompetent E. coli XL2Blue (Stratagene) to ampicillin resistance. Pooled transformants (>105 for each transformation) were used to isolate plasmid DNA.

[0183] 0.3 ng of the pUC 18 library was electro-transformed into RFM443. The MMC resistant clones were selected on LB agar plates supplemented with 100 μg/mL of ampicillin and 6 mg/mL of MMC. Resistant colonies appeared after the incubation at 37° C. The colonies underwent single colony purification on the same medium. Plasmids derived from single colonies were isolated with the Qiagen 96-well turbo plasmid prep kit. These plasmids served as a template for primer-directed DNA sequencing of the insert ends. One of the plasmids, Plasmid p[3+4/B10], was shown by sequencing to carry the sdiA and surrounding genes. From this plasmid sdiA was amplified by PCR using the primers:

2f primer =TGGCA CGCAG GACAG AA(SEQ ID NO:1)d primer =TAACA AATCA GCATA ACTCA T(SEQ ID NO:2)

[0184] The PCR used Ampli-Taq Gold. Conditions were 94° C., 11 min followed by 32 cycles of 94° C. for 45 sec, 45° C. for 45 sec, 72° C. for 90 sec, the 72° C. for 7 min.

[0185] The PCR product was blunt end ligated into EcoRV digested pT7Blue-3 (Novagen). A clone having the proper sized fragment was obtained after transformation into DH5-alpha. From colonies, inserts of the proper size were detected by PCR-based analysis. Such colonies served as a source of plasmid DNA from which sdiA was liberated by digestion with EcoRI. The fragment was sized by electrophoresis through agarose gels and ligated into EcoRI digested pUC19. The ligation mixture was used to tranform DH5alpha. Plasmid preps of the transformants were sequenced. One such plasmid containing sdiA was named pDEW140 and transformed into strain RFM443.

[0186] Plasmids pUC19 and pDEW140 were transformed into RFM 443 selecting for ampicillin resistance on solidified LB agar medium.

[0187] Strains of RFM443 (pUC19) and RFM443 (pDEW140) were grown overnight with aeration in LB with 150 μg/mL ampicillin (LB with amp). The overnight culture was diluted 250 fold into fresh medium (LB with amp) and incubated further at 37° C. with shaking. Cells were collected at O.D.600=0.45, and total RNA was purified using Qiagen RNeasy mini.

[0188] Motility Experiment

[0189] A single colony was picked from freshly grown RFM443 (pUC19) or RFM443 (pDEW140) cultured on LB agar (1.2%), and the center of a LB with amp soft agar (0.3%) plate was stabbed. The soft agar plate containing each culture was incubated at 37° C. The diameters of the growth zones of the two strains were measured and compared.

EXAMPLE 5

[0190] Example 5 demonstrates the differences in gene expression profile between strains proficient or deficient in their ability to respond to DNA damaging agents. An isogenic pair of strains, differing only in lexA, was used to investigate the cell's range of responses to the DNA damaging agent mitomycin C (MMC). The results are tabulated in Tables 6, 7, and 8 (Listing of Tables) as described above.

[0191] Strains E. coli strain, MG1655, was used to determine the gene expression profile of E. coli in response to a MMC challenge. Two isogenic E. coli strains (Mount et al, J. Bacteriol. 112:886-893 (1972)), DM800 (lexA+), used as control displaying a normal response to DNA damage, and DM803 (lexAind), a strain unable to mount the predominant “SOS” response to DNA damage, were compared using comprehensive gene expression profiling.

[0192] MMC experiment MG1655 cells were grown in LB overnight with aeration. The overnight cultures were diluted 100 fold in LB to final volume of 500 mL and grown at 37° C. to exponential phase. 200 mL of culture was treated with MMC to the final concentration of 250 ng/mL. Another 200 mL of culture were mock treated without MMC for comparison. Cells were harvested at 15 min and 40 min for MG1655 strain. With DM800 and DM803 stains, cells, cultured in an identical manner, were harvested after 40 min exposure. RNA was isolated and gene expression profile was analyzed as shown in Examples 1 and 2. As seen in Tables 7 and 8, the lexA allele has a great influence on the response of cells to MMC. Table 8 shows that the strain deficient in SOS response still response to MMC but in different manner.

EXAMPLE 6

Preparation of a Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cDNA Probes

[0193] This example describes the construction of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cDNA probes following growth of the cells in either minimal growth media (control) or minimal media plus UV-B light treatment. The prepared cDNA probes are used to determine gene expression patterns of many genes simultaneously on a Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 DNA microarray as described in Examples 7 and 8 below.

[0194] Hybridization of Microarray Slides and Quantitation of Gene Expression

[0195] Microarray glass slides were treated with isopropanol for 10 min, boiling double distilled water for 5 min, then treated with blocking buffer (3.5×SSC, 0.2% SDS, 1% BSA) for 20 min at 60° C., rinsed five times with double distilled water, then twice with isopropanol, followed by drying under nitrogen. Cy3 labeled cDNA probes prepared from the total RNA of the UV-B treated Synechocystis culture, mixed with an equal amount of Cy5 labeled cDNA probes prepared from the total RNA of the untreated Synechocystis culture, were applied to the glass slide in a total volume of 30 μL. The hybridization was repeated using Cy5 labeled cDNA probes prepared from total RNA of UV-B treated Synechocystis culture mixed with an equal amount of Cy3 labeled cDNA probes prepared from the total RNA of the untreated culture, and applied to a second glass slide in a total volume of 30 μL. The hybridization reactions on the glass slides were performed for 16 hr at 42° C., in a humidified chamber. Hybridized slides were washed in 1× SSC (0.15 M NaCl, 0.015 M sodium citrate), 0.1% SDS for 5 min at 42° C.; 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS for 5 min at 42° C.; three washes in 0.1× SSC for 2 min at room temperature; rinsed with double distilled water and isopropanol; and dried under nitrogen. The slides were scanned using a Molecular Dynamics laser scanner for imaging of Cy3 and Cy5 labeled cDNA probes. The images were analyzed using Array Vision Software (Molecular Dynamics, Imaging Research) to obtain fluorescence signal intensities of each spot (each ORF on the array) to quantitate gene expression. The ratio between the signals in the two channels (red:green) is calculated and the relative intensity of Cy5/Cy3 probes for each spot represents the relative abundance of specific mRNAs in each sample.

[0196] Synechocystis Strain and Culture Methods

[0197] Briefly, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cells were grown at 30 μES−1m−2 light intensity in a minimal growth media, BG-11 (Catalog #C-3061, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) at 30° C., with shaking at 100 rpm with 5% CO2. Fifty milliliters of Synechocystis cells grown to mid logarithmic phase (OD730nm=0.8 to 1.0) were divided into two 25 mL cultures and transferred from the Erlenmeyer growth flask to two 100 mL petri dishes. The petri dishes, with the lids on, were placed on a rotary shaker and shaken at 100 rpm.

[0198] Cell Treatments

[0199] For the control, the petri dishes comprising the Synechocystis cells were placed on a rotary shaker with the lids on, and shaken at 100 rpm. For the UV-B treated group, the petri dishes comprising the Synechocystis cells were placed on a rotary shaker with the lids on, and shaken at 100 rpm. A UV-B lamp (302 nm,) was positioned above the petri dishes and the distance between the UV-B light source and the petri dishes was adjusted to give the desired level of UV-B light intensity. The level of UV-B light intensity was measured at the surface of the cell culture using a UV light meter, following the manufacturer's instructions. UV-B treatment was performed for either 20 min or 120 min. Following UV-B irradiation, the cells were immediately cooled on ice and their RNA isolated as described below.

[0200] Total RNA Isolation and cDNA Probe Synthesis

[0201] Control-treated Synechocystis cells and UV-B treated Synechocystis cells were cooled rapidly on ice and centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5 min. Total RNA samples were isolated using Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen), following the manufacturer's protocol. RNase A digestion was performed as described in the protocol, and a second round purification was performed using the RNeasy Mini Kit. The purified total RNA was analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis.

[0202] From each total RNA preparation, both Cy3 and Cy5 florescent dye labeled cDNA probes were prepared. To synthesize the Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA probes, a reverse transcription reaction was performed using 10 μg total RNA, 12 μg random hexamer (Ambion), 50 μM of dATP, dGTP, dTTP, 25 μM of dCTP, and 15 μM Cy3-dCTP or 22 μM Cy5-dCTP (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech), DTT, and AMV reverse transcriptase (Gibco BRL). The reaction was carried out at 42° C. for 2.5 hr. After the labeling reaction, RNA templates were degraded by alkaline hydrolysis and the cDNA probes were purified using Qiagen PCR purification kit. The purified probes were quantitated by measuring the absorbance at 260 nm, 550 nm (Cy5 dye incorporation) and 650 nm (Cy3 dye incorporation). Prior to hybridization, 100-200 pmol of the purified Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA probes were dried under vacuum, and re-dissolved in the hybridization buffer (5× SSC, 50% formamide, 0.1% SDS, and 0.03 mg/mL salmon sperm DNA).

EXAMPLE 7

Analysis of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Gene Expression in Minimal Media

[0203] Using a Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 DNA micro array prepared according to the methods described above and the cDNA probes prepared as described in Example 6, Applicants have identified herein promoters that can be employed for engineering high levels of gene expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, other Synechocystis species, Synechococcus, and like organisms. This Example describes the identification of the most highly expressed genes and their corresponding strong promoters in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 when grown in BG11 media containing 5 mM glucose as described above.

[0204] Specifically, a DNA microarray was prepared according to the methods described above using DNA isolated from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cells grown in BG11 media containing 5 mM glucose. Minimal media Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 gene expression was determined by hybridizing this DNA microarray as described above with fluorescent cDNA probes synthesized from total RNA isolated from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cells grown in BG11 media containing 5 mM glucose as described in Example 6.

[0205] Briefly, for each minimal media experiment, two hybridization reactions were performed as described above. Specifically, the first reaction used equal molar (typically 100-200 pmol) of Cy5-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the minimal media treated sample, and Cy3-labeled cDNA probes synthesized from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 genomic DNA; the second reaction used Cy3-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the minimal media treated sample, and Cy5-labeled cDNA probes synthesized from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 genomic DNA. The signal intensities were quantitated as described above. To calculate the ratio of fold induction (i.e., minimal media/genomic), the minimal media treated sample signal intensities were divided by the signal intensities of the genomic sample. As there were two sets of data from duplicated spotting within each slide, the total number of gene expression measurements for each gene was four. All four induction ratios for each gene were analyzed using an Excel program (Microsoft) to determine the standard deviation; an indicator of the level of confidence for the specific data set for each gene. The ratio of signal intensities represents a relative transcription level of each gene in the same experiment. Herein, Applicants have identified the most highly expressed genes, i.e., those genes that are under the control of the strongest promoters, in Synechocystis under this minimal media condition (see Table 9).

EXAMPLE 8

Analysis of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Gene Expression Following UV-B Exposure

[0206] Using a Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 DNA microarray prepared according to the methods described above and the probes prepared as described above in Example 6, Applicants have identified herein UV-B inducible promoters that can be employed for engineering high levels of gene expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, other Synechocystis species, Synechococcus, and like organisms. This Example describes the identification of the most highly UV-B responsive genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 when grown under minimal media conditions and exposed to 20 minutes of UV-B irradiation at 20 μES−1m−2 intensity. These UV inducible promoters can be used to control expression of certain proteins that may be toxic to Synechocystis cells.

[0207] Specifically, a DNA microarray was prepared according to the methods described above using DNA isolated from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. For each UV-B treatment experiment, two hybridization reactions were performed as described above. In particular, the first reaction used equal molar (typically 100-200 pmol) of Cy5-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the UV-B treated sample, and Cy3-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the control sample (Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 grown in BG11 media containing 5 mM glucose); the second reaction used Cy3-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the UV-B treated sample, and Cy5-labeled cDNA from total RNA of the control sample. The signal intensities were quantitated as described above. To calculate the ratio of fold induction (i.e., UV-B/control), the UV-B treated sample signal intensities were divided by the signal intensities of the control sample. As there were two sets of data from duplicated spotting within each slide, the total number of gene expression measurements for each gene was four. All four induction ratios for each gene were analyzed using an Excel program (Microsoft) to determine the standard deviation; an indicator of the level of confidence for the specific data set for each gene.

[0208] Applicants have identified herein the most highly UV-B induced genes in Synechocystis following UV-B treatment (see Table 10). Only genes whose expression was induced more than 4 folds by UV-B light (20 min at 20 μES−1m−2 intensity) as compared to the minimal media control are listed in Table 10. The promoters of these genes can be used to construct UV inducible expression vectors in Synechocystis.

[0209] Some of the gene families induced by UV-B light include D1 protein (psbA), phycobilisome degradation proteins (nblA, nblB), carotenoid biosynthesis enzymes (crtD, crtD, crtQ), chaperones (clpB, ctpA, dnaJ, dnaK, htpG, hsp17), RNA polymerase sigma factor (rpoD), superoxide dismutase (sodB), high light inducible protein (hliA), FtsH protease, which is responsible for the degradation of photo-damaged D1 protein (ftsH), and DNA repair enzyme (uvrC). Among the group of UV inducible genes, there are several genes of unknown function: ssr2016, and sll0185. Applicants' discovery has lead to the first level of functional assignment for these genes. The promoters of these genes can be used to construct UV inducible expression vectors in Synechocystis.

[0210] A subgroup of Applicants' identified UV-B induced genes comprise two Escherichia coli-like −35 promoter sequences in the 5′ upstream untranslated regions (UTR), including slr1604 (ftsH), slr0228 (ftsH), sll1867 (psbA3), slr1311 (psbA2), ss10452 (nblA), ssl0453 (nblA), ssl2542 (hliA), ssr2016 (unknown protein with homologues in green algae and plant), and sll0185 (unknown protein). The nucleotide sequence “GTTACA” is present in the 5′ untranslated regions of psbA2, psbA3, and ssr2016 nucleic acids. The nucleotide sequence “TTTACA” was also found to be present in the 5′ UTR regions of psbA2, psbA3, ssr2016, rpoD, and ndhD2 nucleic acids.

LISTING OF TABLES

[0211]

3

TABLE 1

LB

MM transition

fold IPTG

MM exp. phase
phase

gene
function
induction
fna
rankb
fn
rank
fn
rank

lacA
thiogalactoside
36
4.00E − 05
3747
2.46E − 07
4244
2.09E − 05
3816

acyltransferase

lacZ
galactosidase
29
8.88E − 05
2420
2.16E − 05
3879
1.98E − 05
3849

lacY
galactoside
14
6.07E − 05
3125
6.10E − 06
4202
1.63E − 05
3975

permease

b2324
peptidase?
5.3
2.78E − 04
621
7.30E − 05
2639
5.43E − 05
2717

uxaA
altronate
4.0
2.93E − 04
575
7.82E − 05
2530
9.03E − 05
1990

hydrolase

b1783/

3.6
3.71E − 04
401
3.23E − 04
576
1.04E − 03
136

yeaG

melA
galactosidase
2.9
4.05E − 05
3729
1.36E − 05
4050
1.65E − 05
3966

b0956/
hydrogenase?
2.5
2.63E − 04
678
1.41E − 04
1573
1.27E − 04
1529

ycbG

a
fraction of particular transcript/summed transcripts hybridizing to all open reading frames on the micro-arrays;

b
genes are ranked in order of expression with 1 being the most highly expressed gene

MM: Minimal media,

exp phase: exponential growth phase

[0212]

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TABLE 2

Highly Expressed Genes under Three Different Culture Conditions

fraction in

fraction in

fractiona

minimal (exp.

minimal

name
in LB
name
phase)
name
(transition)

infCb

0.0070

cspA

0.0054

hdeA

0.016

rplK

0.0068

metE

0.0050

hdeB

0.0099

rplL

0.0066

tufB

0.0048

rmf

0.0083

rplA

0.0048
ompA
0.0046

dps

0.0065

hemK
0.0047

ilvC

0.0042
lpp
0.0063

rpmI

0.0046

rmf

0.0038
ompC
0.0059

rplW

0.0044

tufA

0.0038

icdA

0.0059

rplJ

0.0043
ompT
0.0037

metE

0.0053

acpP
0.0042

infC

0.0036

gapA

0.0049

lpp
0.0040

ahpC

0.0034

tufA

0.0049

glpQ
0.0039

rplM

0.0031
ompC
0.0044

fusA

0.0039

ptsH

0.0031

infC

0.0044

gatB
0.0038

aceB

0.0030

uspA

0.0040

rpsF

0.0038
lpp
0.0029

tufB

0.0039

tufB

0.0037

rpsJ

0.0028

ilvC

0.0037

ompC
0.0037
cirA
0.0028
rpsN
0.0036

mopB

0.0035

gapA

0.0026

eno

0.0036

atpF
0.0035

rpmI

0.00266

ahpC

0.0035

hns
0.0035
yjjS
0.0026
ompT
0.0033

rpmB

0.0034

rpmC

0.0024

gadA

0.0033

ompA
0.0033

fusA

0.0022

aceB

0.0031

tnaA
0.0033
b2745
0.0024

rplX

0.0032

rpoA
0.0033
ompF
0.0023

fusA

0.0032

trmD

0.0032

cspC

0.0022

ptsH

0.0031

rplI

0.0031

aceA

0.0021

rpsD

0.0029

gapA

0.0030

pyrB

0.0021
b3512
0.0029

rplM

0.0028

rplK

0.0021

gpmA

0.0028

rpmG

0.0028

rpsD

0.0021

metK

0.0028

rpsC

0.0027

cysK

0.0020

rpmC

0.0027

rplT

0.0027

ptsI

0.0020

gadB

0.0027

rplX

0.0027
b1452
0.0019

rpsV

0.0027

priB
0.0026

rpsS

0.0019

cysK

0.0026

ompF
0.0025
fepA
0.00 9

rpsJ

0.0025

hupA
0.0025

pyrI

0.0018

rpsH

0.0025

rpsJ

0.0025

aroF

0.0018

rplE

0.0025

rplB

0.0025

rpsH

0.0017

aceA

0.0025

rplU

0.0025

rpsN

0.0017
b2266
0.0023

tig

0.0024
b0805
0.0017

rplM

0.0023

tufA

0.0024
ompC
0.0017

rpsS

0.0023

rplD

0.0024

rpsA

0.0017
nlpD
0.0022

rplC

0.0024

thrL

0.0017
acpP
0.0022

gatA
0.0024

rplX

0.0016

rpmI

0.0022

rpsA

0.0024

rplL

0.0016

ryoS

0.0021

gatY
0.0023

rpsM

0.0016
rpoA
0.0020

rpsS
0.0023
w4148
0.0016
hns
0.0020

ppa
0.0022

rplB

0.0016
b4253
0.0020

gatZ
0.0022
w0793
0.0016

rplB

0.0020

cspE

0.0021

folE

0.0015
b1452
0.0019

cspC

0.0021

icdA

0.0015
b0817
0.0019

mopA

0.0021

rplW

0.0015
b1003
0.0019

a
fraction of transcripts hybridizing to specified gene/summed transcripts hybridizing to all open reading frames on the micro-arrays

bold,double underlined-foldase/usher genes;

bold, underlined-stress responsive genes;

bold
-central metabolic enzyme-specifying genes;

double underlined
-biosynthetic genes;

dotted underlined-translation-associated genes;

underlined
-rpoS controlled genes

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TABLE 3

Summary of three E. coli Expression Profiles

fraction in

fraction in
MM/
fraction in

MMa/exp.b
transition
LB/exp.

phase
phase
phase

1. Cell processes

Cell division-26c
0.011
0.010
0.010

Chemotaxis, motility

Chemotaxis and mobility-12
0.0014
0.00068
0.0011

Folding and ushering proteins-7
0.0032
0.0061
0.011

Transport of large molecules

Protein, peptide secretion-32
0.0082
0.01014
0.010

Transport of small molecules

Amino acids, amines-49
0.0091
0.0081
0.0068

Anions-20
0.0029
0.0028
0.0023

Carbohydrates, organic acids,
0.020
0.016
0.034

alcohols-82

Cations-52
0.012
0.0098
0.0076

Nucleosides, purines,
0.0010
0.00090
0.0017

pyrimidines-6

Other-12
0.0021
0.0027
0.0012

2. Elements of external origin:

Laterally acquired elements
0.024
0.017
0.023

Colicin-related functions-5

Phage-related functions and
0.0055
0.0042
0.0065

prophages-27

Plasmid-related functions-1
0.00017
0.00055
0.00086

Transposon-related functions-34
0.0058
0.0035
0.0038

3. Global functions

Energy transfer, ATP-proton
0.0077
0.0054
0.015

motive force-9

Global regulatory functions-51
0.0176
0.029
0.018

4. Macromolecule metabolism

Basic proteins

Basic proteins - synthesis,
0.0047
0.0048
0.0074

modification-6

Macromolecule degradation

Degradation of DNA-23
0.0038
0.0030
0.0031

Degradation of RNA-11
0.0029
0.0015
0.0022

Degradation of polysaccharides-3
0.00056
0.00033
0.00040

Degradation of proteins, peptides,
0.00842
0.0093
0.011

glyco-61

Macromolecule synthesis,

modification

DNA - replication, repair, restr./
0.023
0.019
0.031

modific'n-89

Lipoprotein-11
0.0041
0.0050
0.0037

Phospholipids-11
0.0020
0.0015
0.0021

polysaccharides - (cytoplasmic)-6
0.0015
0.0016
0.00060

proteins - translation and
0.029
0.030
0.043

modification-34

RNA synthesis, modification,
0.010
0 .010
0.015

DNA transcript'n-27

Macromolecules

Glycoprotein

Lipopolysaccharide-13
).0015
0.0012
0.0018

aa-tRNAs

Amino acyl tRNA syn;
0.013
0.013
0.021

tRNA modific'n-40

5. Metabolism of small molecules

Amino acid biosynthesis
0.012
0.0093
0.0033

Biosynthesis of cofactors,
0.072
0.069
0.064

carriers

Central intermediary metabolism

2′-Deoxyribonucleotide
0.0034
0.0032
0.0032

metabolism-12

Amino sugars-10
0.0012
0.0011
0.0015

Entner-Douderoff-3
0.00040
0.00034
0.00060

Gluconeogenesis-4
0.00086
0.0012
0.0021

Glyoxylate bypass-5
0.0076
0.0075
0.0012

Misc. glucose metabolism-3
0.00085
0.00050
0.00039

Non-oxidative branch, pentose
0.0026
0.0043
0.0043

pwy-8

Nucleotide hydrolysis-2
0.00010
0.00011
0.00027

Nucleotide interconversions-13
0.0041
0.0039
0.002

Phosphorus compounds-17
0.0032
0.0030
0.0022

Polyamine biosynthesis-8
0.0016
0.0013
0.0013

Salvage of nucleosides and
0.0037
0.0038
0.0054

nucleotides-18

Sugar-nucleotide biosynthesis,
0.0042
0.0034
0.0048

conversions-18

Sulfur metabolism-10
0.0039
0.0025
0.00095

Pool, multipurpose conversions of
0.012
0.019
0.021

intermed. Met′-46

Degradation of small molecules

Amines-9
0.0016
0.0010
0.0025

Amino acids-17
0.0022
0.0014
0.0072

Carbon compounds-90
0.014
0.011
0.025

Fatty acids-10
0.0020
0.0017
0.0030

Other-8
0.0015
0.0021
0.00075

Energy metabolism, carbon

Aerobic respiration-27
0.0077
0.0058
0.012

Anaerobic respiration-80
0.0075
0.0057
0.011

Electron transport-24
0.0032
0.0024
0.0048

Fermentation-21
(0.0040
0.0050
0.0044

Glycolysis-18
0.013
0.024
0.015

Oxidative branch, pentose pwy-2

Pyruvate dehydrogenase-6
0.0046
0.0041
0.0040

TCA cycle-18
0.0089
0.012
0.0093

Fatty acid biosynthesis

Fatty acid and phosphatidic acid
0.0073
0.0094
0.015

biosynthesis-23

Nucleotide synthesis
0.019
0.013
0.010

Purine ribonucleotide
0.011
0.0077
0.0083

biosynthesis-22

Pyrimidine ribonucleotide
0.0079
0.0049
0.0018

biosynthesis-10

6. Miscellaneous
(0.37
0.37
0.28

Not classified-109
0.022
0.023
0.025

7. Open reading frames

Unknown proteins-1324
0.35
0.34
0.26

8. Processes

Adaptation

Adaptations, atypical conditions-16
0.012
0.0083
0.0074

Osmotic adaptation-14
0.0038
0.0063
0.0026

Protection responses

Cell killing-3
0.00052
0.00031
0.00031

Detoxification-11
0.0080
0.0083
0.0097

Drug/analog sensitivity-32
0.0042
0.0031
0.0038

9. Structural elements

Cell envelope

Inner membrane-4

Murein sacculus, peptidoglycan-34
0.0095
0.012
0.013

Outer membrane
0.023
0.026
0.020

constituents-17

Cell exterior constituents-16
0.0037
0.0039
0.0062

Surface polysaccharides & antigens

Surface structures-57
0.0075
0.0051
0.0052

Ribosome constituents

Ribosomal and stable RNAs-3

Ribosomal proteins - synthesis,
0.079
0.086
0.15

modificationRiboso-54

Ribosomes - maturation and
0.0056
0.011
0.00066

modification-6

10. ORFs not listed-102

a
MM = Minimal medium, bexp. = exponential, cthe number following each description is the number of genes summed

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TABLE 4

Gene expression elevated by the presence of a sdiA multi-copy plasmid.

Genes (grouping by function)
Fold induction

1. Cell processes

Cell division

ftsA
10.

ftsO
8.8

ftsZ
11

minC
2.1

minD
2.7

minE
2.4

sdiA
30.

sulA
2.6

Chemotaxis and motility

Transport of large molecules

Protein, peptide secretion

msvB
2.1

oppA
2.1

sapB
2.2

secD
2.5

secF
2.4

Transport of small molecules

Amino acids, amines

glnH
4.0

glnO
2.5

Carbohydrates, organic acids,

alcohols

araE
5.0

frvA
3.2

frwD
2.1

gntU-I
2.0

srlB
2.1

xvlF
3.8

Cations

bfr
2.0

chaA
2.0

feoA
5.8

fepD
2.1

trkG
4.1

2. Elements of external origin:

Transposon-related functions

rhsC
6.3

3. Global regulatory functions

lon
2.4

lrp
2.2

lvtB?
3.0

rpoE
2.4

rseA
2.5

rseB
2.2

4. Macromolecule metabolism

Degradation of proteins, peptides.

htrA
2.3

hvcI
2.8

ptr
2.1

Degradation of DNA

endA
2.2

mcrB
2.1

mcrC
3.5

recD
2.4

uvrC
9.3

Macromolecule synthesis, modification

DNA - replication, repair.

gidA
4.1

gidB
2.3

hupB
4.5

mioC
7.0

mutH
2.2

nei
8.6

priC
2.8

recN
3.6

umuC
2.3

uvrA
2.0

xerD
2.3

Lipoprotein

blc
2.8

nlpC
3.2

vacJ
2.1

Phospholipids

pgsA
2.4

polysaccharides - (cytoplasmic)

glgC
2.1

glgS
2.1

proteins - translation and

modification

prfH
2.2

Lipopolysaccharide

rfaK
2.3

rfaL
2.1

rfaY
2.1

rfaZ
2.5

5. Metabolism of small molecules

Amino acids

argA
3.4

aroD
2.6

glnA
2.5

glnD
2.6

lvsR
3.6

Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers

thiD
2.1

thiM
2.2

gst
3.1

Central intermediary metabolism

2′-Deoxyribonucleotide metabolism

nrdA
2.1

Amino sugars

agaD
4.5

Gluconeogenesis

ppsA
2.4

Phosphorus compounds

psiF
3.2

Polyamine biosynthesis

speC
9.5

Salvage of nucleosides and

nucleotides

apt
2.4

gsk
2.4

Pool, multipurpose conversions

of intermed. Met′

galM
2.3

gcvA
4.6

glnK
2.1

pntA
10.4

pntB
8.2

Degradation of small molecules

Amino acids

tdcB
2.0

tdcR

Carbon compounds

fucA
2.8

fucU
14

galE
3.8

galK
4.1

galT
4.9

glcD
2.0

gusR (uidR)
8.0

lacA
3.7

lacI
2.5

uxuC

Fatty acids

atoD
3.8

Energy metabolism, carbon

Aerobic respiration

nuoH
2.1

nuoI
2.1

Anaerobic respiration

dniR
5.8

hvbD
3.8

hvbE
12

hvbF
6.6

hvcA
3.1

hvcG
2.7

hvcH
3.8

hvdN
13

hvpC
2.3

nrfB
2.7

nrfG
2.1

Electron transport

appB
2.5

cvbC
2.1

Pyruvate dehydrogenase

pdhR
4.4

TCA cycle

fumC
5.8

sucA
2.1

sucB
2.6

sucC
2.2

sucD
2.7

Fatty acid and phosphatidic acid

aas
2.0

cdh
2.3

Purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis

purE
2.1

purR
2.3

Pyrimidine ribonucleotide

pvrL
2.1

6. Processes

Detoxification

cutC
2.1

Drug/analog sensitivity

acrA
6.8

acrD
3.0

acrE
14

acrF
6.3

acrR
4.5

ampC
2.6

arsC
2.1

tolC
2.6

7. Structural elements

Cell envelope

Inner membrane

smpA
2.6

Murein sacculus, peptidoglycan

ddlB
4.6

hipB
2.0

mreD
2.0

Outer membrane constituents

slp
2.5

Cell exterior constituents

kdsA
2.3

lpxC
3.4

rfaB
2.6

Ribosome constituents

Ribosomal proteins - synthesis,

rpsL
3.1

8. Not classified

agaI
3.3

chpA
3.0

dinI
2.0

dinP

envR
2.2

ppdB
2.9

sohA
4.9

sugE
2.2

uvrY
11.9

9. Open reading frames of

unknown functions

apaG
2.0

hdeB
2.4

relE
2.1

sprT
3.8

b0065
3.7

b0097
2.1

b0135
6.4

b0137
2.5

b0138
2.1

b0141
4.6

b0163
2.8

b0189
2.3

b0224
2.1

b0225
6.4

b0232
3.1

b0233
2.9

b0234
3.1

b0245
2.3

b0269
3.2

b0281
2.4

b0295
2.8

b0300
2.0

b0303
4.7

b0322
2.5

b0404
3.0

b0407
2.9

b0412
2.4

b0443
2.2

b0461
2.1

b0498
2.3

b0517
11.2

b0519
2.5

b0530
6.5

b0534
2.6

b0567
2.2

b0625
3.5

b0710
5.2

b0711
4.7

b0712
6.4

b0713
3.8

b0715
2.2

b0767
3.3

b1023
2.7

b1024
2.1

b1069
3.8

b1113
3.8

b1214
2.3

b1321
2.1

b1438
11

b1451
2.0

b1454
2.2

b1455
6.4

b1458
2.3

b1463
2.1

b1487
3.0

b1491
2.3

b1498
3.7

b1499
2.6

b1504
2.1

b1540
2.5

b1541
6.2

b1542
3.2

b1543
2.4

b1544
3.0

b1545
4.4

b1547
2.2

b1551
2.1

b1560
3.8

b1565
3.4

b1567
3.5

b1568
2.0

b1579
2.6

b1586
2.2

b1601
4.0

b1606
8.0

b1607
7.7

b1624
2.1

b1627
2.4

b1628
3.0

b1632
2.1

b1648
2.6

b1649
2.7

b1657
4.7

b1664
2.1

b1673
2.4

b1688
2.6

b1699
2.0

b1700
3.7

b1701
2.0

b1706
2.4

b1707
30

b1721
6.5

b1724
2.1

b1743
2.2

b1744
2.5

b1746
2.9

b1756
3.2

b1789
3.6

b1847
2.3

b1848
2.7

b1870
2.4

b1871
2.8

b1875
3.4

b1877
2.4

b1935
2.1

b1953
3.5

b1955
5.1

b1956
14

b1965
5.2

b1967
6.6

b1968
2.4

b2006
4.4

b2007
2.1

b2015
3.6

b2016
3.5

b2017
3.8

b2061
2.2

b2071
3.1

b2145
2.7

b2190
2.3

b2229
2.1

b2247
2.3

b2253
2.3

b2267
2.0

b2268
2.0

b2269
2.6

b2270
2.2

b2301
3.8

b2302
7.5

b2339
2.0

b2352
2.6

b2356
2.3

b2385
2.1

b2387
3.6

b2419
3.2

b2420
3.2

b2439
2.1

b2443
2.7

b2444
2.1

b2445
2.7

b2485
2.2

b2505
2.1

b2597
2.8

b2628
2.2

b2629
3.4

b2631
2.9

b2632
4.2

b2640
5.0

b2641
2.3

b2642
15

b2643
2.6

b2648
3.7

b2649
3.0

b2756
2.4

b2767
2.9

b2833
2.1

b2845
2.6

b2846
3.0

b2851
2.6

b2862
2.4

b2874
3.3

b2912
2.6

b2931
2.2

b2984
2.1

b3021
2.4

b3022
2.7

b3047
2.2

b3050
2.2

b3130
2.7

b3142
—

b3254
3.8

b3372
2.2

b3379
2.0

b3395
4.6

b3397
3.5

b3398
2.2

b3441
4.0

b3465
2.1

b3467
2.5

b3487
2.1

b3494
2.2

b3513
5.3

b3535
2.2

b3536
2.9

b3548
2.0

b3615
2.0

b3697
2.9

b3711
2.3

b3712
2.1

b3713
2.1

b3714
2.2

b3719
2.5

b3720
3.0

b3776
2.9

b3820
2.5

b3888
3.4

b3937
2.1

b3944
2.0

b3964
2.2

b4038
2.4

b4068
2.5

b4141
2.3

b4156
2.2

b4191
5.1

b4221
5.0

b4222
4.8

b4234
2.9

b4248
2.9

b4282
2.1

b4298
2.3

b4300
2.2

b4325
2.1

b2088
9.4

b4404
5.9

b4405
4.2

vieD (b3695)
3.8

b3914
3.5

b3913
3.3

viiT (b4352)
2.8

viiU (b4342)
2.7

viiO (b4364)
2.4

vhiL (b3486)
2.3

b2848
2.0

b3573
2.0

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TABLE 5

Gene expression reduced by the presence of a sdiA multi-copy plasmid.

Genes (grouping by function)
Fold repression

1. Cell processes

Cell division

ftsX
2.4

Taxis and mobility

air (aer)
4.6

cheA
3.7

cheB
3.3

cheR
2.2

cheW
5.3

cheY
4.6

cheZ
4.0

motA
2.9

motB
2.9

tar
5.3

tsr
5.9

Transport

Protein, peptide secretion

dppA
2.3

Amino acids, amines

sdaC
3.9

Carbohydrates, organic acids,

alcohols

fadL
2.5

glpF
3.6

glpT
2.5

lamB
3.0

malE
3.7

mglA
2.7

rbsA
2.6

treB
5.3

Cations

fecA
3.5

fecB
2.7

fecE
3.2

ftn
2.6

kdpA
3.5

2. Elements of external origin:

Phage-related functions and

prophages

lar
4.0

nmpC
2.1

3. Global regulatory functions

cytR
2.2

4. Degradation of macromolecules

DNA

xseB
4.8

Proteins, peptides

pepE
2.6

5. Metabolism of small molecules

Pool, multipurpose conversions

of intermed. Met′

glpK
3.5

glpQ
2.3

gltF
2.6

Degradation of small molecules

Amino acids

sdaB
3.2

tnaA
4.0

tnaL
2.4

Carbon compounds

fucR
2.8

lacZ
6.7

malM
3.0

malT
2.6

treC
2.6

Energy metabolism, carbon

Anaerobic respiration

hypD
2.2

Fermentation

ackA
3.1

aldA
3.3

pta
2.3

Fatty acid and phosphatidic acid

biosynthesis

accD
3.0

Purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis

ndk
2.2

6. Structural elements

Outer membrane constituents

flu
7.7

Cell exterior constituents

nanA
3.7

Surface structures

fimA
2.6

flgA
2.3

flgB
14

flgC
17

flgD
17

flgE
17

flgF
7.1

flgG
13

flgH
5.9

flgI
5.6

flgJ
6.3

flgK
6.3

flgL
11

flgM
7.1

flgN
5.6

flhA
3.1

fliA
10.

fliC
14.

fliD
4.6

fliE
5.9

fliF
11

fliG
9.1

fliH
5.0

fliI
3.9

fliJ
7.1

fliK
4.8

fliL
7.7

fliM
13

fliN
5.0

fliO
4.4

fliP
6.3

fliR
3.1

fliS
5.9

fliT
5.6

fliZ
8.3

Ribosomes - maturation and

modification

gutM
2.1

7. Not classified

fsr
2.1

8. Open reading frames with

unknown functions

b0105
2.4

b0235
2.1

b0290
3.5

b0307
2.4

b0704
2.7

b0732
2.0

b1100
2.5

b1194
5.0

b1200
2.9

b1329
2.2

b1339
2.2

b1383
2.4

b1520
2.7

b1566
4.4

b1690
2.1

b1722
2.2

b1880
3.6

b1929
2.1

b1930
3.1

b2001
2.3

b2005
2.0

b2014
2.4

b2537
2.2

b2844
2.7

b3010
2.2

b3111
2.6

b3323
2.9

b3442
2.5

b3539
2.4

b3872
2.1

yjiZ (b4354)
3.3

yjbP (b3877)
4.0

yhjH (b3524)
4.8

[0216]

8

TABLE 6

Gene expression profiles of MG1655 strain when exposed to MMC

final

total
Gene

m15
control
ratio
Gene name
M40
control
ratio
name

25115.41
4700.39
5.34
recN
98536.33
11895.47
8.28

recN

34003.66
4565.91
7.45
hslS
11287.86
1677.72
6.73
hslS

1146.46
769.58
1.49
dinl
10515.16
1564.72
6.72
dinl

2516.14
1468.51
1.71
sulA
13936.20
2416.81
5.77

sulA

4531.55
2030.86
2.23
w1816
18614.34
3231.00
5.76
w1816

34497.54
4438.78
7.77
hslT
21578.60
5358.30
4.03
hslT

8490.60
4896.22
1.73
lexA
22768.75
6375.09
3.57

lexA

992.44
1322.83
0.75
w0522
8750.63
2628.39
3.33
w0522

3207.65
2219.58
1.45
w1815
16206.30
4874.54
3.32
w1815

1844.00
1864.81
0.99
w2141
2156.14
691.51
3.12
w2141

21169.76
11055.79
1.91
recA
34375.81
11386.61
3.02

recA

756.88
510.08
1.48
smpA
1614.58
558.50
2.89
smpA

17140.20
23337.13
0.73
cspA
12566.23
4347.87
2.89
cspA

165.71
396.95
0.42
ecpD
227.53
80.37
2.83
ecpD

780.07
941.22
0.83
w3019
802.62
288.87
2.78
w3019

821.35
733.39
1.12
w2878
1151.78
439.75
2.62
w2878

301.47
384.64
0.78
entD
491.14
189.39
2.59
entD

385.41
778.62
0.49
fhuC
818.05
321.73
2.54
fhuC

7203.63
6899.86
1.04
w1201
4623.01
1874.23
2.47
w1201

1476.06
1291.17
1.14
w2999
1710.57
709.13
2.41
w2999

269.15
393.30
0.68
caiB
326.51
139.49
2.34
caiB

5327.31
6525.35
0.82
infA
8186.35
3504.89
2.34
infA

9150.34
6624.37
1.38
uvrA
33530.31
14452.89
2.32

uvrA

1657.22
1816.09
0.91
w2879
3946.52
1727.30
2.28
w2879

4322.77
5547.40
0.78
insB_2
6522.25
2894.35
2.25
insB_2

2310.26
1778.19
1.30
dinD
5316.67
2385.63
2.23

dinD

5349.03
4945.79
1.08
secG
6754.21
3076.60
2.20
secG

136.50
367.57
0.37
priC
341.80
156.11
2.19

priC

617.58
603.54
1.02
w0561
11989.75
5479.59
2.19
w0561

2228.66
2966.21
0.75
exbD
7165.39
3289.27
2.18
exbD

1282.58
893.81
1.43
umuC
5697.94
2659.80
2.14

umuC

6703.55
7422.39
0.90
mioC
8113.11
3804.25
2.13

mioC

3289.24
4228.67
0.78
insB_1
6065.02
2854.20
2.12
insB_1

4042.60
3531.25
1.14
trkH
17795.29
8430.83
2.11
trkH

867.30
1494.75
0.58
w1345
1026.33
487.58
2.10
w1345

541.83
848.15
0.64
dniR
1878.65
899.98
2.09
dniR

5469.65
4392.09
1.25
uvrB
14508.65
6960.78
2.08

uvrB

1561.63
2155.11
0.72
insA_4
2298.22
1111.79
2.07
insA—4

5398.87
3786.47
1.43
ruvA
10492.52
5134.38
2.04

ruvA

343.85
654.22
0.53
appY
815.11
400.28
2.04
appY

18257.00
17197.04
1.06
xseA
13206.64
6494.62
2.03

xseA

1863.91
1771.47
1.05
w0224
6686.92
3310.73
2.02
w0224

5595.42
6241.55
0.90
w3139
11174.79
5555.32
2.01
w3139

1656.98
1560.47
1.06
w2512
24511.01
12207.10
2.01
w2512

349.40
648.41
0.54
w3304
428.93
850.84
0.50
w3304

297.42
326.64
0.91
w2228
271.97
539.98
0.50
w2228

226.05
501.68
0.45
chaB
721.77
1433.44
0.50
chaB

678.56
880.61
0.77
cydA
699.94
1392.46
0.50
cydA

1422.74
2311.13
0.62
melR
5081.98
10140.17
0.50
melR

1051.64
763.06
1.38
w1004
1265.66
2528.73
0.50
w1004

386.58
562.93
0.69
hofG
315.25
630.05
0.50
hofG

513.59
611.47
0.84
w1429
360.81
721.16
0.50
w1429

1256.86
1688.60
0.74
w0299
9464.02
18943.08
0.50
w0299

695.83
807.90
0.86
rpiR
748.66
1502.59
0.50
rpiR

904.58
1028.97
0.88
celD
2009.30
4041.66
0.50
celD

2139.22
1712.26
1.25
w0801
2801.71
5636.83
0.50
w0801

749.35
812.05
0.92
w0241
712.18
1434.35
0.50
w0241

827.51
522.31
1.58
w0621
1293.49
2605.36
0.50
w0621

3746.49
3442.41
1.09
putP
12834.08
25859.69
0.50
putP

428.60
231.66
1.85
w4099
377.87
764.43
0.49
w4099

197.66
171.90
1.15
prsA
535.40
1091.60
0.49
prsA

158.38
114.75
1.38
hybD
177.80
363.82
0.49
hybD

83.33
438.61
0.19
sapB
501.32
1027.11
0.49
sapB

334.88
643.56
0.52
w3821
412.40
845.78
0.49
w3821

388.49
568.82
0.68
w1459
417.69
857.67
0.49
w1459

275.47
170.99
1.61
agaD
222.68
459.00
0.49
agaD

309.42
402.34
0.77
ccmD
646.05
1331.95
0.49
ccmD

328.75
360.49
0.91
cpsG
1070.07
2212.14
0.48
cpsG

421.02
702.69
0.60
relB
1002.28
2072.50
0.48
relB

1361.48
1629.16
0.84
w2809
3556.91
7365.32
0.48
w2809

924.92
626.14
1.48
w0824
1242.77
2589.98
0.48
w0824

794.28
965.82
0.82
osmE
2901.61
6072.91
0.48
osmE

277.27
66.53
4.17
w0362
1234.58
2592.98
0.48
w0362

612.37
471.85
1.30
w1927
481.28
1014.05
0.47
w1927

726.43
629.35
1.15
w0211
639.90
1353.69
0.47
w0211

779.65
724.87
1.08
w0237
855.85
1815.70
0.47
w0237

853.25
919.94
0.93
w2592
585.96
1247.13
0.47
w2592

829.44
1006.55
0.82
phnH
987.67
2146.99
0.46
phnH

537.66
1161.05
0.46
flgA
577.37
1255.75
0.46
flgA

656.68
723.92
0.91
w2595
377.12
821.43
0.46
w2595

800.14
800.17
1.00
w2600
792.47
1732.89
0.46
w2600

69.56
216.88
0.32
pheL
93.28
205.15
0.45
pheL

892.86
431.26
2.07
w3049
1146.62
2524.70
0.45
w3049

764.84
318.13
2.40
w1031
1045.43
2305.88
0.45
w1031

937.41
1834.97
0.51
w0295
473.49
1044.97
0.45
w0295

486.50
540.31
0.90
marB
872.85
1928.83
0.45
marB

587.05
622.95
0.94
w0665
786.69
1744.63
0.45
w0665

711.12
397.24
1.79
w1016
1399.58
3109.10
0.45
w1016

903.55
1024.80
0.88
w0298
8569.57
19066.70
0.45
w0298

570.42
464.88
1.23
w0812
1381.42
3073.94
0.45
w0812

1112.52
446.12
2.49
w2026
1456.45
3270.04
0.45
w2026

909.59
321.83
2.83
w0715
1050.65
2361.56
0.44
w0715

739.31
960.38
0.77
pyrL
689.56
1552.58
0.44
pyrL

1533.58
1350.22
1.14
menE
1802.56
4058.69
0.44
menE

38.16
216.63
0.18
rnb
703.05
1594.10
0.44
rnb

707.80
1099.36
0.64
fucR
1770.89
4026.45
0.44
fucR

973.74
681.23
1.43
w2818
278.71
634.22
0.44
w2818

603.99
388.89
1.55
acpD
1990.24
4539.42
0.44
acpD

610.87
662.57
0.92
w0489
332.52
758.67
0.44
w0489

144.96
121.61
1.19
ppdA
177.26
405.05
0.44
ppdA

439.04
478.63
0.92
w1966
488.90
1118.27
0.44
w1966

277.30
324.71
0.85
no template
333.36
764.15
0.44
no template

1245.39
1015.95
1.23
w2401
1085.45
2497.91
0.43
w2401

570.79
872.26
0.65
w4094
1505.90
3477.91
0.43
w4094

100.79
255.85
0.39
dicC
543.43
1266.31
0.43
dicC

1035.07
1108.91
0.93
w0286
844.03
1986.63
0.42
w0286

4510.92
4439.04
1.02
selB
341.91
808.87
0.42
selB

1625.34
1568.78
1.04
w2733
3589.01
8496.95
0.42
w2733

187.58
341.03
0.55
no template
301.58
716.01
0.42
no template

1841.41
2180.01
0.84
trpC
10007.85
23940.58
0.42
trpC

278.39
137.91
2.02
relF
449.81
1077.54
0.42
relF

791.31
342.34
2.31
w1318
1106.98
2655.28
0.42
w1318

224.27
312.05
0.72
agaV
202.28
490.11
0.41
agaV

791.41
366.08
2.16
w1002
1315.80
3189.26
0.41
w1002

890.33
701.73
1.27
w0685
1124.73
2728.61
0.41
w0685

622.65
681.13
0.91
potH
500.10
1228.03
0.41
potH

993.12
584.36
1.70
w2399
853.26
2107.06
0.40
w2399

1275.28
924.58
1.38
metA
991.35
2449.36
0.40
metA

146.54
178.28
0.82
lytB
310.99
770.46
0.40
lytB

419.51
730.52
0.57
w2987
638.04
1593.08
0.40
w2987

827.42
695.16
1.19
w0552
1225.71
3084.40
0.40
w0552

568.15
412.40
1.38
w1846
382.41
968.10
0.40
w1846

114.29
119.19
0.96
dicB
533.34
1351.95
0.39
dicB

842.23
490.95
1.72
w1005
970.38
2465.94
0.39
w1005

912.78
720.90
1.27
w2587
509.45
1301.74
0.39
w2587

1229.46
751.44
1.64
w1260
963.45
2507.31
0.38
w1260

1448.48
1055.79
1.37
w3068
12241.51
31901.37
0.38
w3068

1010.15
949.49
1.06
w0551
2143.72
5619.44
0.38
w0551

794.65
573.71
1.39
w2599
616.94
1633.89
0.38
w2599

905.72
963.26
0.94
w0569
912.64
2444.12
0.37
w0569

1708.81
2679.92
0.64
fruR
7146.34
19274.42
0.37
fruR

1170.58
1168.59
1.00
w3927
1323.78
3637.02
0.36
w3927

2894.91
2291.60
1.26
w3069
15445.74
42484.53
0.36
w3069

1162.90
1058.22
1.10
w0162
5614.02
15712.25
0.36
w0162

494.27
467.07
1.06
w0564
1311.37
3713.19
0.35
w0564

2542.41
5907.71
0.43
lar
367.19
1045.32
0.35
lar

145.60
352.49
0.41
agaB
174.76
500.90
0.35
agaB

360.63
406.91
0.89
w0356
893.83
2593.46
0.34
w0356

146.66
228.04
0.64
ptrB
583.62
1710.66
0.34
ptrB

89.69
85.82
1.05
tdcA
140.71
420.20
0.33
tdcA

1569.84
1131.81
1.39
w0005
854.54
2591.31
0.33
w0005

949.03
723.77
1.31
w2820
711.72
2231.62
0.32
w2820

382.29
200.74
1.90
racC
145.56
473.98
0.31
racC

966.21
528.97
1.83
w1323
814.12
2717.50
0.30
w1323

2804.26
3141.20
0.89
tolQ
7715.84
26048.34
0.0
tolQ

349.28
732.94
0.48
w0535
238.50
834.39
0.29
w0535

19047.83
10107.02
1.88
w2546
13321.17
46691.65
0.29
w2546

580.46
495.64
1.17
w0553
734.83
2584.37
0.28
w0553

213.09
433.84
0.49
w1426
136.41
525.28
0.26
w1426

28409.79
32349.40
0.88
glpT
25094.68
97868.64
0.26
glpT

271.65
813.15
0.33
sapC
354.66
1417.55
0.25
sapC

1502.52
1107.42
1.36
w2597
631.01
2727.88
0.23
w2597

274.59
176.87
1.55
ais
706.69
3093.84
0.23
ais

191.80
216.29
0.89
celA
864.54
3806.84
0.23
celA

109.10
59.92
1.82
ppdB
38.01
182.15
0.21
ppdB

249.88
204.52
1.22
agaC
80.45
386.08
0.21
agaC

56.62
13.68
4.14
hrpA
546.07
2814.78
0.19
hrpA

182.61
92.19
1.98
tdcR
62.07
330.94
0.19
tdcR

5374.56
5767.37
0.93
spoU
10944.76
60533.88
0.18
spoU

456.55
279.26
1.63
w0549
956.45
5470.42
0.17
w0549

195.25
128.74
1.52
agaW
77.80
464.51
0.17
agaW

556.82
343.19
1.62
w0548
783.67
4816.90
0.16
w0548

177.02
182.96
0.97
alpA
37.14
237.77
0.16
alpA

230.79
63.00
3.66
hybF
85.60
616.14
0.14
hybF

Gene names written in bold letters are SOS response genes;

M 15: 15 min exposure to MMC;

M40: 40 min exposure to MMC

[0217]

9

TABLE 7

Gene expressions in DM800 and DM803 when exposed to MMC

b
DM800

DM803
DM803

Gene name
number
MMC
control
ratio
MMC
control
ratio

recN

98536.3
11895.5
8.3
2454.6
2089.9
1.2

hslS

11287.9
1677.7
6.7
426.0
370.9
1.1

dintl

10515.2
1564.7
6.7
780.0
516.8
1.5

sulA

13936.2
2416.8
5.8
1167.7
801.5
1.5

w1816
b1848
18614.3
3231.0
5.8
124.7
900.3
0.1

hslT

21578.6
5358.3
4.0
1486.7
962.6
1.5

lexA

22768.8
6375.1
3.6
2935.3
2950.2
1.0

w0522
b0531
8750.6
2628.4
3.3
1299.3
752.0
1.7

w1815
b1847
16206.3
4874.5
3.3
236.0
660.6
0.4

w2141
b2181
2156.1
691.5
3.1
0.0
934.4
0.0

recA

34375.8
11386.6
3.0
8505.3
6677.0
1.3

smpA

1614.6
558.5
2.9
591.3
624.8
0.9

cspA

12566.2
4347.9
2.9
52966.2
42356.6
1.3

ecpD

227.5
80.4
2.8
384.4
287.9
1.3

w3019
b3080
802.6
288.9
2.8
970.7
621.6
1.6

w2878
b2939
1151.8
439.8
2.6
0.0
373.7
0.0

entD

491.1
189.4
2.6
491.6
328.8
1.5

fhuC

818.1
321.7
2.5
967.4
712.6
1.4

w1201
b1228
4623.0
1874.2
2.5
2598.5
2567.4
1.0

w2999
b3059
1710.6
709.1
2.4
1279.4
1182.6
1.1

caiB

326.5
139.5
2.3
834.2
806.6
1.0

infA

8186.4
3504.9
2.3
2964.1
3046.5
1.0

uvrA

33530.3
14452.9
2.3
6731.4
5941.1
1.1

w2879
b2940
3946.5
1727.3
2.3
281.8
1248.5
0.2

insB_2

6522.2
2894.3
2.3
4566.2
4307.9
1.1

dinD

5316.7
2385.6
2.2
3182.2
2522.4
1.3

secG

6754.2
3076.6
2.2
9867.2
8993.5
1.1

priG

341.8
156.1
2.2
1151.2
509.8
2.3

w0561
b0571
11989.7
5479.6
2.2
0.0
636.5
0.0

exbD

7165.4
3289.3
2.2
1867.7
1621.7
1.2

umuC

5697.9
2659.8
2.1
1014.3
908.3
1.1

mioC

8113.1
3804.3
2.1
3218.1
2444.7
1.3

insB_1

6065.0
2854.2
2.1
4533.2
4432.3
1.0

trkH

17795.3
8430.8
2.1
2293.2
1959.1
1.2

w1345
b1374
1026.3
487.6
2.1
0.0
522.9
0.0

dniR

1878.7
900.0
2.1
1427.1
899.9
1.6

uvrB

14508.7
6960.8
2.1
5425.4
5179.7
1.0

insA_4

2298.2
1111.8
2.1
939.3
1747.8
0.5

ruvA

10492.5
5134.4
2.0
1819.8
1918.2
0.9

appY

815.1
400.3
2.0
593.1
340.6
1.7

xseA

13206.6
6494.6
2.0
17733.8
8677.0
2.0

w0224
b0231
6686.9
3310.7
2.0
2353.4
1760.8
1.3

w3139
b3199
11174.8
5555.3
2.0
2171.5
3228.1
0.7

w2512
b2559
24511.0
12207.1
2.0
1537.4
1511.4
1.0

entF

179.8
91.5
2.0
494.1
339.5
1.5

glnK

408.6
208.4
2.0
571.9
212.8
2.7

insB_4

6575.4
3364.4
2.0
2823.1
2738.2
1.0

rnpA

5250.2
2686.3
2.0
1722.3
2000.1
0.9

pheP

2467.2
1263.6
2.0
2974.0
2187.8
1.4

w0491
b0500
508.2
925.1
0.5
176.3
96.9
1.8

w4088
b4183
384.5
701.1
0.5
777.9
583.0
1.3

w0570
b0580
1956.2
3578.9
0.5
867.8
197.6
4.4

w0221
b0228
1612.4
2950.5
0.5
326.2
420.6
0.8

w1347
b1376
5383.3
9852.6
0.5
1194.3
1736.1
0.7

rem

540.5
989.7
0.5
0.0
0.0

xylF

2117.7
3885.5
0.5
4289.6
3178.7
1.3

w2284
b2325
452.5
830.6
0.5
894.8
911.0
1.0

w0627
b0637
1984.5
3647.0
0.5
0.0
299.3
0.0

nlp

487.4
895.9
0.5
1004.9
549.6
1.8

w2940
b3001
3777.0
6949.2
0.5
2725.9
1950.7
1.4

w0591
b0601
1658.1
3060.6
0.5
602.0
402.6
1.5

w0270
b0278
1175.1
2170.8
0.5
493.9
428.3
1.2

w2790
b2849
455.2
841.4
0.5
489.3
455.5
1.1

pyrl

1174.7
2171.6
0.5
752.3
509.1
1.5

w1018
b1045
2359.6
4364.5
0.5
525.2
272.8
1.9

w2709
b2767
1312.0
2440.9
0.5
597.4
383.4
1.6

w2329
b2371
594.8
1107.2
0.5
861.9
690.9
1.2

aidB

1218.9
2269.2
0.5
4969.4
3102.9
1.6

w2791
b2850
773.2
1441.3
0.5
508.9
523.1
1.0

w2605
b2659
6211.7
11600.3
0.5
3614.7
2885.4
1.3

cmtB

141.2
263.8
0.5
275.0
164.4
1.7

w3890
b3975
824.3
1541.5
0.5
607.0
403.6
1.5

gntV

1242.4
2324.3
0.5
311.4
446.1
0.7

aspA

92135.1
173324.7
0.5
10420.0
16655.6
0.6

w3210
b3268
479.3
903.6
0.5
551.4
372.6
1.5

w0271
b0279
792.9
1496.9
0.5
471.2
426.9
1.1

w1003
b1029
2145.7
4051.8
0.5
2.6
0.0

w1017
b1044
1431.3
2703.5
0.5
1035.5
413.5
2.5

feoA

470.5
888.8
0.5
1313.4
1090.4
1.2

chpS

1657.3
3141.1
0.5
568.1
558.4
1.0

w0619
b0629
2054.3
3896.8
0.5
289.0
43.4
6.7

yjjM
b4357
1966.9
3732.7
0.5
2090.3
1457.0
1.4

w2816
b2876
1687.7
3205.6
0.5
1046.1
858.8
1.2

w3272
b3337
587.3
1115.5
0.5
430.3
359.9
1.2

w3443
b3507
446.9
849.1
0.5
591.4
598.3
1.0

w0351
b0359
1435.0
2731.1
0.5
0.0
72.1
0.0

w1527
b1556
253.0
482.4
0.5
726.3
421.9
1.7

w0263
b0271
955.9
1824.5
0.5
484.0
330.6
1.5

csgA

522.9
998.6
0.5
703.7
599.6
1.2

fimZ

536.1
1024.6
0.5
424.3
343.7
1.2

w2314
b2356
581.8
1113.3
0.5
1114.7
731.5
1.5

w2596
b2649
370.7
710.0
0.5
1024.4
605.2
1.7

yigJ
b3823
542.9
1039.7
0.5
1372.3
817.5
1.7

w1025
b1052
1003.1
1922.7
0.5
177.0
90.5
2.0

w1359
b1388
2953.5
5661.9
0.5
328.5
262.2
1.3

w0673
b0690
1558.5
2992.7
0.5
249.4
313.2
0.8

fixX

313.0
601.3
0.5
1259.9
891.9
1.4

w4093
b4188
953.2
1839.0
0.5
901.6
606.7
1.5

w0674
b0691
1466.3
2840.2
0.5
129.0
350.8
0.4

w2400
b2447
1214.0
2355.8
0.5
810.8
406.3
2.0

w1963
b2004
537.0
1043.7
0.5
667.7
598.5
1.1

w3974
b4066
455.1
884.6
0.5
816.0
462.9
1.8

w1242
b1271
3047.5
5958.6
0.5
1870.6
336.3
5.6

w0525
b0534
930.8
1822.0
0.5
829.3
490.0
1.7

w4132
b4227
1602.0
3151.2
0.5
3125.1
2509.8
1.2

w3304
b3369
428.9
850.8
0.5
728.3
701.9
1.0

w2228
b2269
272.0
540.0
0.5
482.1
399.3
1.2

chaB

721.8
1433.4
0.5
177.0
0.0

cydA

699.9
1392.5
0.5
963.9
305.9
3.2

melR

5082.0
10140.2
0.5
1511.6
1528.2
1.0

w1004
b1030
1265.7
2528.7
0.5
27.8
163.0
0.2

hofG

315.2
630.0
0.5
694.2
767.7
0.9

w1429
b1458
360.8
721.2
0.5
711.8
488.3
1.5

w0299
b0307
9464.0
18943.1
0.5
2048.3
2846.3
0.7

rpiR

748.7
1502.6
0.5
536.3
419.6
1.3

celD

2009.3
4041.7
0.5
1094.3
303.1
3.6

w0801
b0825
2801.7
5636.8
0.5
920.2
417.5
2.2

w0241
b0249
712.2
1434.3
0.5
772.1
649.4
1.2

w0621
b0631
1293.5
2605.4
0.5
0.0
170.6
0.0

putP

12834.1
25859.7
0.5
5693.7
6221.7
0.9

w4099
b4194
377.9
764.4
0.5
709.5
539.0
1.3

prsA

535.4
1091.6
0.5
24.5
0.0

hybD

177.8
363.8
0.5
510.9
573.9
0.9

sapB

501.3
1027.1
0.5
258.8
0.0

w3821
b3901
412.4
845.8
0.5
945.9
539.7
1.8

w1459
b1488
417.7
857.7
0.5
994.9
740.6
1.3

agaD

222.7
459.0
0.5
966.6
465.2
2.1

ccmD

646.1
1332.0
0.5
92.3
64.5
1.4

cpsG

1070.1
2212.1
0.5
0.0
8.9
0.0

relB

1002.3
2072.5
0.5
0.0
92.3
0.0

w2809
b2869
3556.9
7365.3
0.5
1264.0
1453.8
0.9

w0824
b0848
1242.8
2590.0
0.5
370.9
350.1
1.1

osmE

2901.6
6072.9
0.5
350.0
900.3
0.4

w0362
b0370
1234.6
2593.0
0.5
0.0
0.0

w1927
b1963
481.3
1014.0
0.5
824.4
612.6
1.3

w0211
b0218
639.9
1353.7
0.5
198.7
321.6
0.6

w0237
b0245
855.9
1815.7
0.5
355.4
461.1
0.8

w2592
b2645
586.0
1247.1
0.5
1032.5
566.6
1.8

phnH

987.7
2147.0
0.5
1103.3
937.7
1.2

flgA

577.4
1255.7
0.5
1482.3
1396.3
1.1

w2595
b2648
377.1
821.4
0.5
647.4
431.6
1.5

w2600
b2654
792.5
1732.9
0.5
222.5
309.6
0.7

pheL

93.3
205.1
0.5
256.4
258.9
1.0

w3049
b3107
1146.6
2524.7
0.5
53.4
180.9
0.3

w1031
b1058
1045.4
2305.9
0.5
188.9
101.9
1.9

w0295
b0303
473.5
1045.0
0.5
468.2
461.2
1.0

marB

872.9
1928.8
0.5
843.0
130.7
6.5

w0665
b0682
786.7
1744.6
0.5
0.0
592.3
0.0

w1016
b1043
1399.6
3109.1
0.5
419.6
203.5
2.1

w0298
b0306
8569.6
19066.7
0.4
1722.6
2401.5
0.7

w0812
b0836
1381.4
3073.9
0.4
356.8
314.2
1.1

w2026
b2067
1456.5
3270.0
0.4
22.0
337.9
0.1

w0715
b0732
1050.7
2361.6
0.4
154.8
30.1
5.1

pyrL

689.6
1552.6
0.4
520.5
338.5
1.5

menE

1802.6
4058.7
0.4
4640.7
928.2
5.0

rnb

703.1
1594.1
0.4
399.4
0.0

fucR

1770.9
4026.5
0.4
2264.4
1572.6
1.4

w2818
b2878
278.7
634.2
0.4
787.6
511.9
1.5

acpD

1990.2
4539.4
0.4
0.0
287.0
0.0

w0489
b0498
332.5
758.7
0.4
137.3
183.4
0.7

ppdA

177.3
405.0
0.4
662.6
505.3
1.3

w1966
b2007
488.9
1118.3
0.4
1163.2
680.8
1.7

“no

333.4
764.2
0.4
470.2
368.3
1.3

template”

w2401
b2448
1085.4
2497.9
0.4
1160.0
715.4
1.6

w4094
b4189
1505.9
3477.9
0.4
1022.3
932.0
1.1

dicC

543.4
1266.3
0.4
319.5
67.2
4.8

w0286
b0294
844.0
1986.6
0.4
498.7
447.4
1.1

selB

341.9
808.9
0.4
7781.6
7090.5
1.1

w2733
b2789
3589.0
8496.9
0.4
5638.1
3562.2
1.6

“no

301.6
716.0
0.4
408.2
329.1
1.2

template”

trpC

10007.8
23940.6
0.4
421.9
2562.2
0.2

relF

449.8
1077.5
0.4
0.0
0.0

w1318
b1347
1107.0
2655.3
0.4
1.4
308.5
0.0

agaV

202.3
490.1
0.4
673.0
669.2
1.0

w1002
b1028
1315.8
3189.3
0.4
288.3
62.7
4.6

w0685
b0702
1124.7
2728.6
0.4
198.6
229.5
0.9

potH

500.1
1228.0
0.4
641.9
243.8
2.6

w2399
b2446
853.3
2107.1
0.4
770.2
485.4
1.6

metA

991.4
2449.4
0.4
2026.6
1816.4
1.1

IytB

311.0
770.5
0.4
353.9
181.5
1.9

w2987
b3047
638.0
1593.1
0.4
509.8
303.9
1.7

w0552
b0562
1225.7
3084.4
0.4
0.0
588.7
0.0

w1846
b1878
382.4
968.1
0.4
1322.3
1154.7
1.1

dicB

533.3
1351.9
0.4
260.1
54.8
4.7

w1005
b1031
970.4
2465.9
0.4
0.0
106.0
0.0

w2587
b2640
509.5
1301.7
0.4
557.1
371.8
1.5

w1260
b1289
963.5
2507.3
0.4
0.0
353.6
0.0

w3068
b3127
12241.5
31901.4
0.4
2383.9
3185.5
0.7

w0551
b0561
2143.7
5619.4
0.4
477.1
864.7
0.6

w2599
b2653
616.9
1633.9
0.4
456.5
107.8
4.2

w0569
b0579
912.6
2444.1
0.4
673.5
612.3
1.1

fruR

7146.3
19274.4
0.4
2076.3
2369.5
0.9

w3927
b4020
1323.8
3637.0
0.4
2685.9
2131.5
1.3

w3069
b3128
15445.7
42484.5
0.4
499.8
1153.3
0.4

w0162
b0162
5614.0
15712.2
0.4
4564.1
3889.2
1.2

w0564
b0574
1311.4
3713.2
0.4
584.5
175.8
3.3

lar

367.2
1045.3
0.4
82.1
122.0
0.7

agaB

174.8
500.9
0.3
371.8
504.1
0.7

w0356
b0364
893.8
2593.5
0.3
10.4
32.6
0.3

ptrB

583.6
1710.7
0.3
246.4
69.2
3.6

tdcA

140.7
420.2
0.3
612.3
343.4
1.8

w0005
b0005
854.5
2591.3
0.3
442.3
388.2
1.1

w2820
b2880
711.7
2231.6
0.3
904.4
609.4
1.5

racC

145.6
474.0
0.3
167.4
26.9
6.2

w1323
b1352
814.1
2717.5
0.3
297.1
235.6
1.3

tolQ

7715.8
26048.3
0.3
1213.4
1001.4
1.2

w0535
b0545
238.5
834.4
0.3
114.4
162.5
0.7

w2546
b2597
13321.2
46691.6
0.3
2567.6
4164.9
0.6

w0553
b0563
734.8
2584.4
0.3
0.0
277.1
0.0

w1426
b1455
136.4
525.3
0.3
672.5
358.6
1.9

glpT

25094.7
97868.6
0.3
7769.7
14648.6
0.5

sapC

354.7
1417.6
0.3
546.0
0.0

w2597
b2650
631.0
2727.9
0.2
1000.0
566.4
1 .8

ais

706.7
3093.8
0.2
352.9
114.6
3.1

celA

864.5
3806.8
0.2
0.0
512.6
0.0

ppdB

38.0
182.1
0.2
399.9
345.8
1.2

agaC

80.5
386.1
0.2
598.1
602.8
1.0

hrpA

546.1
2814.8
0.2
0.0
147.3
0.0

tdcR

62.1
330.9
0.2
350.0
232.7
1.5

spoU

10944.8
60533.9
0.2
4024.5
3163.9
1.3

w0549
b0559
956.4
5470.4
0.2
115.5
287.2
0.4

agaW

77.8
464.5
0.2
479.0
779.3
0.6

w0548
b0558
783.7
4816.9
0.2
327.8
85.0
3.9

alpA

37.1
237.8
0.2
366.3
269.2
1.4

hybE

85.6
616.1
0.1
332.8
456.6
0.7

[0218]

10

TABLE 8

Gene expressions in DM800 and DM803 when exposed to MMC

Gene

DM800-
DM800-
DM800 ratio
DM803-
DM803-
DM803 ratio

name
b #
MMC
control
(MMC/control)
MMC
control
(MMC/control)

chaB

721.8
1433.4
0.5
177.0
0.0

gusC

1069.6
1178.1
0.9
39.2
0.0

prsA

535.4
1091.6
0.5
24.5
0.0

rnb

703.1
1594.1
0.4
399.4
0.0

rspB

987.2
1520.0
0.6
480.4
0.0

sapB

501.3
1027.1
0.5
258.8
0.0

sapC

354.7
1417.6
0.3
546.0
0.0

uxaB

2051.4
2423.2
0.8
527.4
0.0

w0367
b0375
1010.4
1827.8
0.6
179.0
0.0

w0492
b0501
717.2
769.2
0.9
85.3
0.0

w0521
b0530
425.3
746.2
0.6
169.9
0.0

w0537
b0547
711.1
851.5
0.8
87.9
0.0

w0544
b0554
602.7
558.1
1.1
98.8
0.0

w1114
b1141
1523.8
1839.4
0.8
30.1
0.0

w0508
b0517
2160.9
2528.0
0.9
480.7
1.0
457.9

w0541
b0551
542.2
591.7
0.9
140.0
7.6
18.4

molR

4939.4
4515.9
1.1
5518.5
513.6
10.7

w2514
b2561
7715.4
7319.4
1.1
23955.8
2367.6
10.1

molR

3903.5
3852.3
1.0
2355.4
243.6
9.7

w1329
b1358
1909.4
1872.1
1.0
649.0
75.2
8.6

w1381
b1410
2104.8
1895.7
1.1
2603.5
309.6
8.4

w1088
b1115
3071.3
4218.6
0.7
1543.9
184.8
8.4

dsdX

2030.3
2282.9
0.9
1833.5
227.0
8.1

thrS

277.1
318.4
0.9
1498.9
196.8
7.6

w0873
b0898
2210.6
1636.1
1.4
1001.4
132.9
7.5

w0617
b0627
4834.3
7145.9
0.7
2171.5
301.1
7.2

w3258
b3323
4107.7
3439.8
1.2
9485.2
1318.6
7.2

w0999
b1025
1233.1
888.5
1.4
199.5
28.3
7.1

rspA

1862.1
2002.0
0.9
1297.2
191.4
6.8

w0843
b0867
2593.1
2957.8
0.9
1333.5
197.9
6.7

w0619
b0629
2054.3
3896.8
0.5
289.0
43.4
6.7

marB

872.9
1928.8
0.5
843.0
130.7
6.5

w1128
b1155
865.4
1384.1
0.6
157.3
24.8
6.3

napH

1548.4
1771.5
0.9
2445.8
392.2
6.2

racC

145.6
474.0
0.3
167.4
26.9
6.2

w1266
b1295
1834.3
3178.5
0.6
1111.8
178.6
6.2

w2857
b2918
2013.5
2025.3
1.0
2905.4
475.0
6.1

pfkB

5266.9
4949.8
1.1
1148.4
188.9
6.1

w1309
b1338
3612.6
4271.9
0.8
3943.8
660.9
6.0

napG

4522.3
4522.5
1.0
5243.5
900.1
5.8

w1242
b1271
3047.5
5958.6
0.5
1870.6
336.3
5.6

w0991
b1017
2292.7
1982.0
1.2
564.2
101.9
5.5

vsr

5927.8
3617.9
1.6
3758.3
687.4
5.5

w0996
b1022
954.0
881.7
1.1
406.4
74.4
5.5

w0957
b0983
1903.7
1772.1
1.1
1280.4
234.3
5.5

w1287
b1316
4404.7
4724.2
0.9
481.3
89.0
5.4

w1113
b1140
2063.9
2466.4
0.8
1674.5
315.1
5.3

w1168
b1195
1068.7
1662.1
0.6
105.1
19.9
5.3

w0918
b0943
964.3
1122.4
0.9
166.1
31.9
5.2

hslJ

1701.0
1353.6
1.3
952.9
183.4
5.2

fdnH

2916.7
3353.8
0.9
1551.5
299.3
5.2

w0715
b0732
1050.7
2361.6
0.4
154.8
30.1
5.1

menE

1802.6
4058.7
0.4
4640.7
928.2
5.0

w0511
b0520
2664.2
3109.8
0.9
2221.0
452.5
4.9

w2508
b2555
3575.2
2467.8
1.4
5237.2
1078.9
4.9

pspC

670.6
809.3
0.8
370.0
76.5
4.8

w0767
b0791
2562.9
3359.1
0.8
2376.4
497.9
4.8

dicC

543.4
1266.3
0.4
319.5
67.2
4.8

dicB

533.3
1351.9
0.4
260.1
54.8
4.7

chaC

3102.1
3008.4
1.0
1480.1
314.6
4.7

w0387
b0395
2772.4
3361.1
0.8
1676.5
362.0
4.6

w0986
b1012
1670.0
1494.6
1.1
1627.0
352.8
4.6

w1002
b1028
1315.8
3189.3
0.4
288.3
62.7
4.6

w0570
b0580
1956.2
3578.9
0.5
867.8
197.6
4.4

w1972
b2013
2191.0
2234.9
1.0
1878.6
435.2
4.3

gatR

16844.2
12487.4
1.3
2559.5
598.3
4.3

w2582
b2634
3769.3
4821.9
0.8
3379.2
793.9
4.3

w2599
b2653
616.9
1633.9
0.4
456.5
107.8
4.2

w0793
b0817
9409.7
8201.4
1.1
8721.9
2060.6
4.2

w3260
b3325
1313.1
1350.2
1.0
544.2
131.4
4.1

w0888
b0913
3553.0
2732.1
1.3
3682.2
899.6
4.1

w0446
b0454
1294.0
1873.1
0.7
1977.3
483.5
4.1

xthA

7322.0
7765.8
0.9
3014.3
750.9
4.0

w2574
b2626
1092.4
1842.3
0.6
1984.7
494.8
4.0

w1211
b1240
2015.0
1589.9
1.3
685.0
171.1
4.0

btuC

5381.6
3197.6
1.7
3189.6
804.9
4.0

osmB

1731.8
2164.1
0.8
1092.6
281.1
3.9

w1308
b1337
1961.3
2585.3
0.8
2106.4
544.5
3.9

w1210
b1239
1397.2
1027.0
1.4
1996.6
516.3
3.9

w0616
b0626
2728.7
3046.4
0.9
840.4
217.6
3.9

w0548
b0558
783.7
4816.9
0.2
327.8
85.0
3.9

dsrB

803.9
1220.8
0.7
1792.6
471.9
3.8

w1382
b1411
2709.0
2309.7
1.2
2107.7
554.9
3.8

alkB

1424.0
1719.3
0.8
437.2
115.3
3.8

pyrF

4511.4
3724.1
1.2
3376.5
903.9
3.7

w1292
b1321
12154.3
8766.6
1.4
1109.1
305.2
3.6

w1331
b1360
2085.1
2530.6
0.8
1174.9
324.1
3.6

w0764
b0788
2579.2
2813.6
0.9
2474.3
682.9
3.6

mcrA

2912.9
3609.3
0.8
476.8
132.0
3.6

celD

2009.3
4041.7
0.5
1094.3
303.1
3.6

w3213
b3271
1521.2
1151.6
1.3
2042.2
570.1
3.6

w0998
b1024
2410.5
1957.8
1.2
2866.7
803.1
3.6

ptrB

583.6
1710.7
0.3
246.4
69.2
3.6

malY

3296.2
3398.9
1.0
876.6
250.7
3.5

prfH

632.2
648.7
1.0
212.1
61.6
3.4

w3013
b3074
2711.4
2653.2
1.Q
2576.4
760.8
3.4

w3259
b3324
840.9
1191.9
0.7
942.0
278.2
3.4

w0719
b0736
2884.4
2820.3
1.0
866.1
257.5
3.4

w0765
b0789
3699.1
3911.8
0.9
2615.0
783.7
3.3

w0564
b0574
1311.4
3713.2
0.4
584.5
175.8
3.3

recT

1612.4
1717.9
0.9
303.3
91.9
3.3

w0923
b0948
9321.0
6900.1
1.4
4604.2
1402.6
3.3

w0817
b0841
3320.7
3960.8
0.8
3196.3
975.8
3.3

w3086
b3145
1310.1
1251.5
1.0
1040.6
317.9
3.3

bisZ

6146.6
4998.7
1.2
4600.8
1407.5
3.3

thrL

1057.1
1045.9
1.0
1851.9
566.6
3.3

w0497
b0506
9030.8
9211.8
1.0
5078.5
1555.4
3.3

w1971
b2012
1758.9
1667.2
1.1
691.8
213.9
3.2

w0540
b0550
2028.9
1744.8
1.2
1549.1
480.5
3.2

w1630
b1660
5454.2
5556.5
1.0
4639.8
1450.4
3.2

cpsB

3575.1
4298.5
0.8
1022.1
322.1
3.2

cydA

699.9
1392.5
0.5
963.9
305.9
3.2

hisQ

1785.2
2681.4
0.7
608.3
194.5
3.1

hisC

6681.3
9140.8
0.7
846.1
270.9
3.1

w0500
b0509
1305.4
1278.1
1.0
419.4
134.9
3.1

w1174
b1201
4364.8
3477.3
1.3
4444.2
1441.8
3.1

ais

706.7
3093.8
0.2
352.9
114.6
3.1

w0779
b0803
1650.0
1698.6
1.0
333.4
108.6
3.1

w1239
b1268
2079.2
1408.0
1.5
3135.3
1028.5
3.0

purB

18600.8
19192.0
1.0
5778.2
1902.4
3.0

pth

3170.2
2879.8
1.1
961.3
316.5
3.0

w0650
b0660
22565.4
15873.4
1.4
6943.2
2288.0
3.0

cheW

1753.3
1660.5
1.1
16269.0
5397.0
3.0

w1399
b1428
3396.4
3241.9
1.0
1677.5
560.3
3.0

w0961
b0987
879.4
968.1
0.9
432.4
144.6
3.0

w0936
b0961
1274.0
1621.9
0.8
613.8
205.8
3.0

w0502
b0515
1 55.5
5061.0
1.0
2862.5
964.1
3.0

w0822
b0846
1673.8
2457.6
0.7
600.4
202.4
3.0

entC

152.5
97.0
1.6
611.3
206.3
3.0

sdhC

844.1
1314.1
0.6
1633.1
553.6
2.9

w0509
b0518
3075.7
3295.1
0.9
1828.1
620.4
2.9

xasA

1931.3
2558.8
0.8
1157.5
394.7
2.9

hyaE

676.4
1025.4
0.7
755.3
258.0
2.9

w0539
b0549
747.5
889.9
0.8
439.3
151.8
2.9

w1115
b1142
1661.8
2188.1
0.8
192.4
66.7
2.9

hycH

288.2
502.4
0.6
665.1
232.8
2.9

glnB

1596.2
2017.4
0.8
7231.5
2542.3
2.8

w1302
b1331
99632.3
107376.2
0.9
41005.5
14416.5
2.8

cysA

2279.2
2408.4
0.9
1175.7
414.3
2.8

codB

4134.2
2988.3
1.4
16969.3
6059.8
2.8

rbsD

765.7
795.2
1.0
759.5
271.3
2.8

w3180
b3240
1863.2
1194.4
1.6
582.5
208.5
2.8

gefL

560.6
561.3
1.0
702.5
254.1
2.8

w0958
b0984
2457.8
4067.5
0.6
1021.8
369.7
2.8

aroC

11775.3
9917.9
1.2
10669.1
3864.7
2.8

motA

2939.6
2956.1
1.0
11679.2
4245.3
2.8

w3025
b3086
1433.6
1291.0
1.1
1758.4
650.5
2.7

hemK

1309.8
2201.0
0.6
710.0
263.6
2.7

glnK

408.6
208.4
2.0
571.9
212.8
2.7

molR

2331.5
2500.4
0.9
1737.4
647.3
2.7

w1130
b1157
1347.6
1890.5
0.7
475.1
179.1
2.7

w0128
b0128
1773.0
1996.8
0.9
7243.6
2738.9
2.6

potH

500.1
1228.0
0.4
641.9
243.8
2.6

w0649
b0659
8552.5
6250.8
1.4
2846.7
1095.1
2.6

cspB

1529.3
1353.4
1.1
4972.3
1916.6
2.6

w1030
b1057
1588.1
2509.8
0.6
267.4
103.5
2.6

purU

7223.2
5962.4
1.2
5262.9
2036.9
2.6

pspD

4123.9
3232.2
1.3
3232.5
1251.9
2.6

w1367
b1396
1421.9
1262.8
1.1
402.2
155.9
2.6

vacJ

3901.7
3263.7
1.2
3362.3
1305.4
2.6

rimL

1674.8
2976.5
0.6
322.5
125.2
2.6

w2436
b2483
1505.8
2310.6
0.7
15O1.8
584.0
2.6

w1969
b2010
3303.8
2815.0
1.2
3061.5
1190.7
2.6

w1499
b1528
2954.5
3022.6
1.0
1198.3
471.0
2.5

w0608
b0618
2142.0
2560.7
0.8
1265.6
499.3
2.5

acrB

300.1
343.2
0.9
702.9
277.8
2.5

fadL

11366.6
11834.8
1.0
6211.9
2462.1
2.5

deoR

544.1
807.2
0.7
1026.9
408.3
2.5

ccmF

4594.5
4971.3
0.9
3393.8
1352.8
2.5

w0473
b0482
1714.2
2540.3
0.7
2861.6
1141.4
2.5

w1017
b1044
1431.3
2703.5
0.5
1035.5
413.5
2.5

sdiA

624.8
836.4
0.7
280.1
112.0
2.5

w0845
b0869
3115.9
3364.6
0.9
2606.5
1044.4
2.5

w0702
b0719
1662.1
2274.0
0.7
163.0
65.5
2.5

nohA

6246.0
6739.5
0.9
3562.3
1439.6
2.5

w0652
b0662
3324.9
3936.8
0.8
2463.7
999.4
2.5

w0538
b0548
667.7
876.1
0.8
242.3
98.9
2.4

w2124
b2164
2328.3
2341.3
1.0
795.8
324.9
2.4

w1336
b1365
976.6
1330.0
0.7
832.5
340.1
2.4

w0507
b0516
2900.6
3116.9
0.9
1473.0
602.3
2.4

ccmB

1241.9
1597.6
0.8
518.1
211.9
2.4

marA

3033.3
3218.3
0.9
1832.6
751.7
2.4

dcp

17199.9
15990.1
1.1
9211.8
3786.9
2.4

dacB

385.1
673.3
0.6
399.3
164.3
2.4

w0794
b0818
6395.1
5722.4
1.1
4159.6
1718.0
2.4

w0692
b0709
7727.5
8615.3
0.9
1950.3
814.0
2.4

trpL

646.3
734.9
0.9
93.1
39.0
2.4

w1284
b1313
3976.7
4821.7
0.8
282.3
118.5
2.4

uraA

10187.2
8537.2
1.2
9902.4
4158.1
2.4

w0980
b1006
2643.2
2348.5
1.1
1308.5
552.5
2.4

w3017
b3078
9857.5
6296.2
1.6
6341.6
2689.7
2.4

w1353
b1382
928.5
824.8
1.1
370.0
157.8
2.3

sdaA

13413.9
11886.2
1.1
4508.6
1928.7
2.3

w0635
b0645
1636.0
2598.8
0.6
957.8
409.8
2.3

rpsV

1839.1
2871.6
0.6
393.4
168.6
2.3

nuoM

43613.3
39960.8
1.1
10711.5
4591.6
2.3

w1255
b1284
3075.9
5314.3
0.6
1188.4
509.6
2.3

fdnG

9178.0
9437.7
1.0
4206.3
1807.4
2.3

mepA

3493.6
3401.6
1.0
1838.9
790.6
2.3

w2751
b2807
1852.2
1235.3
1.5
863.6
372.1
2.3

w2593
b2646
735.3
900.8
0.8
1259.4
546.5
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1814.6
2321.4
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399.2
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4069.4
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2129.4
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3429.0
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539.4
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2637.5
2190.6
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396.3
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1201.3
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894.6
392.8
2.3

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b1202
5780.1
5190.3
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1325.5
2.3

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341.8
156.1
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509.8
2.3

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3469.5
2775.1
1.3
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435.9
2.3

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b2583
1891.7
2031.4
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2102.6
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1927.2
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3551.8
2.3

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855.6
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276.4
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3871.9
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2497.9
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b0621
3552.7
4502.2
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1939.6
2.2

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1956.7
2181.8
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1111.9
500.4
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12135.8
22057.4
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555.5
250.5
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2801.7
5636.8
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920.2
417.5
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3905.8
3284.2
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1143.3
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1160.8
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553.1
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1379.4
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544.1
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4696.2
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793.9
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18335.7
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2.2

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1261.3
1693.1
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31354.3
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2.2

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870.3
1215.4
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662.7
306.0
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247.8
114.8
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1358.2
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177.2
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1945.6
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465.0
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2654.2
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1006.0
1237.6
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300.0
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1915.5
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5239.7
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283.4
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3315.6
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1052.1
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14633.5
12234.7
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3432.2
1618.3
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3355.4
3376.0
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571.5
2.1

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527.0
904.7
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437.1
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1716.8
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3929.6
2.1

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943.5
1171.6
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355.1
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467.4
223.7
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3838.7
2998.2
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2.1

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698.8
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4472.8
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465.2
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503.6
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9810.7
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2860.2
1994.6
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411.9
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21225.0
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934.2
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222.7
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13172.8
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1399.6
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1838.6
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2445.4
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3301.9
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889.6
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310.7
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10114.3
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3255.0
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661.8
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592.2
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b2034
10553.5
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b1973
693.7
780.6
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812.1
401.6
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2181.3
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894.0
1318.6
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549.0
272.4
2.0

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4321.9
7657.0
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2305.5
1144.3
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5595.7
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6420.7
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2405.3
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1491.9
1676.6
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539.4
268.8
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1183.2
1937.3
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556.8
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616.9
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993.4
1779.5
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914.3
643.0
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1262.4
1631.2
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167.8
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2000.4
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189.3
381.0
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1482.3
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154.2
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953.3
551.5
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367.0
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3360.7
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17678.9
16595.6
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2847.9
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231.5
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570.6
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8841.4
9026.7
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9118.3
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2875.6
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551.1
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5627.8
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2123.5
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909.1
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853.4
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3719.6
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8020.2
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3964.6
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5043.4
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801.8
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1889.9
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7798.7
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9241.3
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5151.7
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864.4
1935.4
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1206.8
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114.3
259.2
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8628.0
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288.9
663.8
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1992.8
2456.6
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300.9
692.5
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11364.2
10525.1
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1168.5
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15445.7
42484.5
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13416.1
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10558.5
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2426.5
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2865.9
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20402.7
20359.0
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1406.5
728.5
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1282.8
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287.6
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3017.5
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1949.0
1623.8
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2167.3
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503.3
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763.3
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18167.7
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11979.9
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2810.8
1965.5
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10514.5
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7786.4
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5252.8
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851.9
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956.4
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1350.5
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1992.7
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3996.5
3237.0
1.2
472.5
1597.7
0.3

w3049
b3107
1146.6
2524.7
0.5
53.4
180.9
0.3

w1736
b1768
5360.4
5223.0
1.0
270.9
918.4
0.3

w1111
b1138
2285.3
3266.6
0.7
172.2
586.3
0.3

w1078
b1105
7249.1
7241.5
1.0
336.8
1168.0
0.3

nadE

7651.4
8555.6
0.9
750.5
2616.3
0.3

w2863
b2924
4415.5
3933.5
1.1
763.3
2661.9
0.3

amiA

5181.5
4164.8
1.2
1454.0
5128.4
0.3

glpC

2150.9
1770.1
1.2
2910.6
10306.1
0.3

marR

1626.3
1757.0
0.9
147.1
523.2
0.3

w2132
b2172
4870.0
5975.5
0.8
339.6
1208.0
0.3

w1814
b1846
4710.1
4725.8
1.0
601.5
2148.6
0.3

w2781
b2840
2411.6
2180.0
1.1
323.1
1162.5
0.3

w0806
b0830
5660.3
7149.0
0.8
374.2
1356.2
0.3

sbmC

15497.2
13575.9
1.1
2005.1
7281.2
0.3

w2739
b2795
8350.0
12065.7
0.7
1466.6
5391.5
0.3

w1358
b1387
5568.3
6108.2
0.9
279.4
1034.1
0.3

w0842
b0866
1432.7
2445.9
0.6
54.2
201.1
0.3

w1282
b1311
6776.5
7862.7
0.9
292.4
1090.9
0.3

glk

6398.4
6720.8
1.0
675.1
2528.6
0.3

w2286
b2327
2122.7
1766.9
1.2
546.0
2070.8
0.3

w1286
b1315
2562.4
3691.1
0.7
103.1
391.1
0.3

w1355
b1384
3482.9
3590.2
1.0
90.5
350.2
0.3

w1270
b1299
5513.5
6834.7
0.8
355.7
1394.8
0.3

w2099
b2139
1029.7
906.0
1.1
106.5
418.0
0.3

w1407
b1436
749.6
682.5
1.1
14.0
54.9
0.3

w3155
b3215
913.5
1043.0
0.9
91.6
362.6
0.3

w2511
b2558
6964.6
7412.8
0.9
864.3
3453.5
0.3

pntA

18845.0
19495.1
1.0
697.9
2832.4
0.2

w3054
b3112
1774.6
2168.9
0.8
56.8
235.3
0.2

w0633
b0643
6699.0
11110.2
0.6
152.1
631.4
0.2

w0826
b0850
2356.4
2497.1
0.9
125.2
527.4
0.2

w1328
b1357
1405.4
1746.9
0.8
7.6
32.1
0.2

w0344
b0352
5703.2
9448.7
0.6
317.6
1350.6
0.2

narW

4827.2
5275.1
0.9
451.1
1919.6
0.2

w1119
b1146
5263.5
6210.8
0.8
130.3
564.5
0.2

w0629
b0639
4754.0
4261.2
1.1
1120.5
4889.2
0.2

w2879
b2940
3946.5
1727.3
2.3
281.8
1248.5
0.2

w2137
b2177
3760.4
3335.6
1.1
353.4
1573.1
0.2

w0983
b1009
1169.8
1186.2
1.0
66.5
296.6
0.2

w3050
b3108
7051.6
7672.6
0.9
390.7
1745.2
0.2

w1042
b1069
5901.1
5801.9
1.0
1017.7
4599.0
0.2

w1298
b1327
2105.4
2517.0
0.8
57.6
260.7
0.2

w3047
b3105
8464.9
9065.1
0.9
570.5
2624.0
0.2

w0668
b0685
4431.4
3088.6
1.4
318.4
1471.6
0.2

w0855
b0879
4397.7
3462.3
1.3
2098.5
9718.9
0.2

w0669
b0686
2371.1
2887.9
0.8
185.7
873.3
0.2

w1006
b1033
7514.8
8532.4
0.9
449.3
2183.1
0.2

hisD

8934.6
9271.5
1.0
490.5
2443.1
0.2

w0372
b0380
2303.5
2793.8
0.8
96.2
481.6
0.2

w1225
b1254
1455.4
1378.9
1.1
241.2
1218.1
0.2

w1137
b1164
1801.0
1518.1
1.2
53.4
280.3
0.2

w3039
b3097
10297.8
10899.1
0.9
470.9
2476.5
0.2

w1662
b1694
6288.5
6529.8
1.0
488.8
2613.0
0.2

w1129
b1156
912.1
1118.2
0.8
44.4
242.2
0.2

w0490
b0499
57928.7
59454.4
1.0
7786.3
43190.2
0.2

w0359
b0367
5960.8
7575.1
0.8
508.8
2903.2
0.2

w1004
b1030
1265.7
2528.7
0.5
27.8
163.0
0.2

ccmC

1392.8
1425.9
1.0
59.4
352.2
0.2

w0350
b0358
2511.7
3611.1
0.7
62.7
380.2
0.2

trpC

10007.8
23940.6
0.4
421.9
2562.2
0.2

w1299
b1328
2565.5
1837.8
1.4
67.1
430.4
0.2

w0478
b0487
2303.2
2595.4
0.9
88.7
587.3
0.2

w3098
b3157
5948.5
6214.2
1.0
1142.5
7663.5
0.1

hipB

1299.7
2047.8
0.6
25.8
185.6
0.1

w0688
b0705
2081.9
1363.9
1.5
122.4
883.1
0.1

w1816
b1848
18614.3
3231.0
5.8
124.7
900.3
0.1

menC

5525.9
8590.7
0.6
244.3
1823.6
0.1

narU

6244.4
6678.0
0.9
559.1
4236.9
0.1

cbl

1725.9
1351.0
1.3
119.7
941.6
0.1

w3055
b3113
1865.9
2074.1
0.9
35.3
278.5
0.1

w2869
b2930
15958.1
16895.0
0.9
246.6
1970.2
0.1

w0487
b0496
1988.4
2379.9
0.8
95.5
777.4
0.1

w2875
b2936
6843.6
7758.0
0.9
235.8
1928.8
0.1

w3160
b3220
1100.3
963.4
1.1
91.4
806.3
0.1

phoQ

8670.4
10289.4
0.8
163.6
1484.0
0.1

IdhA

9971.9
10016.8
1.0
78.0
788.4
0.1

w2101
b2141
1452.9
1851.1
0.8
52.3
529.2
0.1

w1402
b1431
4730.2
4071.1
1.2
69.9
717.8
0.1

uidB

6144.1
6476.0
0.9
395.6
4081.9
0.1

w0480
b0489
8009.4
7942.3
1.0
302.4
3174.6
0.1

w0626
b0636
3193.6
4188.0
0.8
141.5
1580.2
0.1

w1542
b1571
1051.8
1175.0
0.9
22.1
275.2
0.1

w1118
b1145
3879.7
3857.0
1.0
87.8
1247.7
0.1

w2026
b2067
1456.5
3270.0
0.4
22.0
337.9
0.1

w1325
b1354
1084.3
1857.7
0.6
13.8
241.2
0.1

w3062
b3120
841.5
1073.1
0.8
10.3
193.4
0.1

w0943
b0968
1175.1
1146.1
1.0
21.9
442.3
0.0

w3044
b3102
3025.5
3670.0
0.8
34.4
698.5
0.0

w1546
b1576
1343.3
1668.5
0.8
5.0
113.9
0.0

w0940
b0965
2874.6
2907.6
1.0
34.8
925.2
0.0

w2071
b2112
1583.8
2171.7
0.7
13.7
428.0
0.0

w0664
b0681
5986.0
8122.3
0.7
35.0
1167.7
0.0

w2012
b2053
3678.7
4198.0
0.9
62.8
2505.6
0.0

w0476
b0485
9577.5
11490.0
0.8
89.6
4163.9
0.0

w0479
b0488
2163.7
1845.1
1.2
10.7
1159.8
0.0

w0975
b1001
1642.8
1249.9
1.3
3.5
489.8
0.0

w1318
b1347
1107.0
2655.3
0.4
1.4
308.5
0.0

acpD

1990.2
4539.4
0.4
0.0
287.0
0.0

asr

819.7
1306.6
0.6
0.0
199.7
0.0

celA

864.5
3806.8
0.2
0.0
512.6
0.0

cirA

8601.6
7219.3
1.2
0.0
1161.0
0.0

cpsG

1070.1
2212.1
0.5
0.0
8.9
0.0

dedA

1510.1
2016.6
0.7
0.0
208.3
0.0

emrK

2298.7
2752.0
0.8
0.0
444.5
0.0

emrY

1567.1
1436.2
1.1
0.0
407.5
0.0

evgS

455.7
574.5
0.8
0.0
439.3
0.0

fumC

540.2
591.2
0.9
0.0
175.8
0.0

gadB

1951.2
2743.6
0.7
0.0
81.7
0.0

galS

6159.6
7496.6
0.8
0.0
1028.9
0.0

hrpA

546.1
2814.8
0.2
0.0
147.3
0.0

ogrK

1246.5
1941.6
0.6
0.0
118.2
0.0

pheM

221.1
390.9
0.6
0.0
73.8
0.0

potA

2332.9
3825.0
0.6
0.0
375.0
0.0

pspB

610.6
1027.9
0.6
0.0
86.1
0.0

relB

1002.3
2072.5
0.5
0.0
92.3
0.0

sieB

523.8
928.1
0.6
0.0
21.1
0.0

tynA

2320.6
3208.4
0.7
0.0
447.3
0.0

uidA

753.8
1174.9
0.6
0.0
149.9
0.0

w0351
b0359
1435.0
2731.1
0.5
0.0
72.1
0.0

w0371
b0379
1275.3
2035.9
0.6
0.0
243.3
0.0

w0477
b0486
2340.1
2797.3
0.8
0.0
1901.6
0.0

w0481
b0490
1952.8
2004.4
1.0
0.0
836.5
0.0

w0482
b0491
2892.8
2263.9
1.3
0.0
783.6
0.0

w0501
b0510
648.1
1159.1
0.6
0.0
55.3
0.0

w0529
b0539
764.4
968.4
0.8
0.0
548.7
0.0

w0532
b0542
753.5
1045.5
0.7
0.0
264.9
0.0

w0533
b0543
1016.7
1055.4
1.0
0.0
403.8
0.0

w0552
b0562
1225.7
3084.4
0.4
0.0
588.7
0.0

w0553
b0563
734.8
2584.4
0.3
0.0
277.1
0.0

w0561
b0571
11989.7
5479.6
2.2
0.0
636.5
0.0

w0621
b0631
1293.5
2605.4
0.5
0.0
170.6
0.0

w0627
b0637
1984.5
3647.0
0.5
0.0
299.3
0.0

w0656
b0671
2622.4
2405.6
1.1
0.0
624.8
0.0

w0665
b0682
786.7
1744.6
0.5
0.0
592.3
0.0

w0672
b0689
1354.0
1108.1
1.2
0.0
556.1
0.0

w0807
b0831
2452.0
3462.8
0.7
0.0
433.2
0.0

w0808
b0832
3057.1
3778.8
0.8
0.0
920.3
0.0

w0809
b0833
3158.7
3447.2
0.9
0.0
396.2
0.0

w0819
b0843
1481.2
2642.2
0.6
0.0
238.3
0.0

w0910
b0935
3537.6
4051.8
0.9
0.0
435.5
0.0

w0911
b0936
1362.2
1452.9
0.9
0.0
346.2
0.0

w0912
b0937
1344.2
1345.4
1.0
0.0
326.2
0.0

w0913
b0938
373.1
543.7
0.7
0.0
250.8
0.0

w0914
b0939
578.4
552.7
1.0
0.0
328.0
0.0

w0915
b0940
2161.6
1966.5
1.1
0.0
507.3
0.0

w0916
b0941
2523.2
2419.8
1.0
0.0
220.3
0.0

w0917
b0942
1050.8
1890.1
0.6
0.0
239.7
0.0

w0939
b0964
1052.3
1075.0
1.0
0.0
1051.3
0.0

w0944
b0969
2833.2
3213.2
0.9
0.0
480.3
0.0

w0955
b0981
3807.1
3809.9
1.0
0.0
529.4
0.0

w0956
b0982
986.7
520.9
1.9
0.0
161.0
0.0

w0973
b0999
2665.2
2466.9
1.1
0.0
705.6
0.0

w0977
b1003
3057.7
2353.2
1.3
0.0
428.1
0.0

w0990
b1016
698.0
1088.2
0.6
0.0
120.4
0.0

w0993
b1019
4411.3
4083.2
1.1
0.0
533.9
0.0

w0995
b1021
818.6
965.0
0.8
0.0
372.4
0.0

w0997
b1023
972.4
1064.8
0.9
0.0
17.8
0.0

w1005
b1031
970.4
2465.9
0.4
0.0
106.0
0.0

w1008
b1035
2819.0
3842.8
0.7
0.0
909.5
0.0

w1023
b1050
3725.1
3062.3
1.2
0.0
635.7
0.0

w1070
b1097
1352.2
1839.3
0.7
0.0
341.0
0.0

w1120
b1147
1528.0
2289.1
0.7
0.0
217.5
0.0

w1122
b1149
2784.5
2661.5
1.0
0.0
268.2
0.0

w1123
b1150
1299.2
1407.6
0.9
0.0
194.3
0.0

w1124
b1151
1190.2
962.1
1.2
0.0
240.8
0.0

w1125
b1152
2478.7
2830.5
0.9
0.0
378.3
0.0

w1169
b1196
736.1
1002.3
0.7
0.0
78.9
0.0

w1222
b1251
2361.8
2659.4
0.9
0.0
330.7
0.0

w1224
b1253
1462.6
1237.4
1.2
0.0
345.0
0.0

w1260
b1289
963.5
2507.3
0.4
0.0
353.6
0.0

w1267
b1296
9885.6
9682.9
1.0
0.0
628.8
0.0

w1268
b1297
6231.0
6335.9
1.0
0.0
1180.7
0.0

w1269
b1298
2180.4
2708.2
0.8
0.0
604.9
0.0

w1291
b1320
3070.2
3630.9
0.8
0.0
102.0
0.0

w1293
b1322
10797.3
10432.1
1.0
0.0
1328.7
0.0

w1317
b1346
1201.4
1869.7
0.6
0.0
2.7
0.0

w1327
b1356
7293.7
5900.3
1.2
0.0
99.2
0.0

w1332
b1361
979.7
1634.9
0.6
0.0
53.7
0.0

w1335
b1364
1031.9
1570.7
0.7
0.0
64.7
0.0

w1339
b1368
2401.5
2866.5
0.8
0.0
232.5
0.0

w1340
b1369
552.9
767.7
0.7
0.0
289.8
0.0

w1343
b1372
9415.8
9734.0
1.0
0.0
1484.3
0.0

w1345
b1374
1026.3
487.6
2.1
0.0
522.9
0.0

w1346
b1375
805.3
426.3
1.9
0.0
674.8
0.0

w1360
b1389
950.2
1644.0
0.6
0.0
254.5
0.0

w1368
b1397
1477.0
1619.0
0.9
0.0
175.4
0.0

w1390
b1419
1168.9
657.9
1.8
0.0
116.3
0.0

w1391
b1420
1225.3
1356.0
0.9
0.0
289.5
0.0

w1403
b1432
812.3
800.5
1.0
0.0
169.4
0.0

w1660
b1692
1390.9
1898.4
0.7
0.0
182.7
0.0

w1673
b1705
920.4
743.7
1.2
0.0
233.8
0.0

w1701
b1733
5606.3
5366.3
1.0
0.0
1445.5
0.0

w1733
b1765
8186.5
8316.3
1.0
0.0
1117.1
0.0

w1737
b1769
3089.3
3553.2
0.9
0.0
418.7
0.0

w2009
b2050
8039.2
9293.5
0.9
0.0
868.0
0.0

w2010
b2051
2505.5
4017.0
0.6
0.0
617.7
0.0

w2011
b2052
3552.4
5133.3
0.7
0.0
1374.5
0.0

w2078
b2119
1991.3
2900.8
0.7
0.0
261.7
0.0

w2133
b2173
848.4
657.5
1.3
0.0
474.2
0.0

w2138
b2178
5382.5
4913.7
1.1
0.0
1245.3
0.0

w2139
b2179
6107.9
5671.8
1.1
0.0
1804.5
0.0

w2140
b2180
7963.0
4829.8
1.6
0.0
815.7
0.0

w2141
b2181
2156.1
691.5
3.1
0.0
934.4
0.0

w2528
b2575
5332.1
6275.8
0.8
0.0
876.9
0.0

w2530
b2577
2228.3
2337.0
1.0
0.0
849.9
0.0

w2531
b2578
2185.4
2216.2
1.0
0.0
736.1
0.0

w2862
b2923
2498.1
1707.4
1.5
0.0
747.4
0.0

w2867
b2928
3001.1
1618.2
1.9
0.0
1005.1
0.0

w2868
b2929
2890.3
2306.0
1.3
0.0
552.7
0.0

w2878
b2939
1151.8
439.8
2.6
0.0
373.7
0.0

w2880
b2941
1480.2
1128.1
1.3
0.0
179.2
0.0

w3043
b3101
1869.2
2394.6
0.8
0.0
353.3
0.0

w3046
b3104
1186.2
1498.4
0.8
0.0
504.3
0.0

w3063
b3121
961.7
1080.5
0.9
0.0
148.6
0.0

w3084
b3143
977.8
1260.3
0.8
0.0
74.4
0.0

w3096
b3155
1052.3
847.0
1.2
0.0
714.4
0.0

w3130
b3191
5254.6
4119.2
1.3
0.0
989.0
0.0

w3133
b3194
579.9
528.6
1.1
0.0
257.1
0.0

w3265
b3330
748.4
885.6
0.8
0.0
78.5
0.0

xapR

4531.8
4954.8
0.9
0.0
1106.9
0.0

b3399
5216.0
2817.8
1.9

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TABLE 9

Most highly expressed genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

in minimal growth media (BG11 + 5 mM glucose).

Transcript

copy in total

mRNA

Systematic

(Average

Name
Gene
Function
copy = 1)

slr2051
cpcG
phycobilisome rod-core linker
64.91

polypeptide CpcG

sll1580
cpcC
phycocyanin associated linker protein
22.71

slr0447
amiC
negative aliphatic amidase regulator
19.45

sll1070
tktA
transketolase
19.24

sll0018
cbbA
fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase
14.27

slr0011
rbcX
ND*
12.00

ssl0563
psaC
photosystem I subunit VII
11.31

slr1655
psaL
photosystem I subunit XI
10.91

sll0819
psaF
photosystem I subunit III
10.56

sll1867
psbA3
photosystem II D1 protein
10.43

sll1324
atpF
ATP synthase subunit b
10.37

sll1746
rpl12
50S ribosomal protein L12
10.13

sll1099
tufA
protein synthesis elongation factor Tu
9.48

slr0009
rbcL
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
8.39

large subunit

slr0012
rbcS
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
8.14

small subunit

sll1326
atpA
ATP synthase a subunit
7.72

slr1908

ND*
7.62

sll1578
cpcA
phycocyanin a subunit
7.60

slr2067
apcA
allophycocyanin a chain
7.51

slr2052

ND*
7.41

sll1184
ho
heme oxygenase
7.27

ssl3437
rps17
30S ribosomal protein S17
7.26

sll1786

hypothetical protein (ND*)
7.16

ssl0020
petF
ferredoxin
7.07

sll1812
rps5
30S ribosomal protein S5
7.04

*ND = not determined

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TABLE 10

Most highly induced genes in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 in

BG11 media containing 5 mm glucose, with 20 min of UV-B

treatment at 20 μES−1m−2 intensity.

Systematic

Data/

Name
Gene
Function
Control
STD

ssr2595
hliB
High light-inducible protein
22.7
4.7

slr1544

ND*
15.5
7.6

sll0528

ND*
12.1
3.9

sll1514
hsp17
small heat shock protein
9.9
3.9

slr1687
nblB
phycobilisome degradation protein
8.2
1.9

NblB

sll1483

transforming growth factor induced
7.8
2.2

protein

sll2012
rpoD
RNA polymerase sigma factor
6.3
2.0

ssl1633

CAB/ELIP/HLIP superfamily
6.0
1.0

ssl2542
hliA
high light-inducible protein
5.6
1.6

sll0846

ND*
4.7
0.9

slr1674

ND*
4.7
1.8

slr1604
ftsH
Chloroplast associated protease
4.6
1.9

FtsH

slr0320

ND*
4.5
2.2

sll0306
rpoD
RNA polymerase sigma factor
4.4
1.0

slr0228
ftsH
cell division protein FtsH
4.3
1.7

slr1641
clpB
ClpB protein
4.3
1.1

ssr2016

ND*
4.2
2.2

sll1867
psbA3
photosystem II D1 protein
4.1
0.3

*ND = not determined

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	Number	Date	Country
Parent	09686383	Oct 2000	US
Child	10393075	Mar 2003	US

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