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Table 3 Function of genes showing the largest differences between days A and B

From: Extracting biological information from DNA arrays: an unexpected link between arginine and methionine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

Gene

Mean

Standard

Function

  

deviation

 

comEA

2.588

0.930

Late competence protein required for DNA binding and uptake

comFA

3.213

0.809

Late competence protein required for DNA uptake

comFC

2.448

0.713

Late competence protein required for DNA uptake

comGA

4.794

0.956

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

comGB

3.649

0.604

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

comGC

2.644

0.724

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

comGD

3.512

0.828

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

comGE

4.067

1.038

Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake

nucA

3.134

0.954

Competence-specific nuclease

rapH

3.453

0.619

Response regulator: aspartate phosphatase (sporulation)

ypzE

2.261

0.143

Hypothetical protein

yqzE

3.856

0.810

Hypothetical protein

yshA

2.331

0.718

Conserved hypothetical protein

yvrP

2.697

0.966

Conserved extracytoplasmic component of a permease

   

(hypothetical)

cotG

-2.547

0.784

Spore coat protein

glgA

-2.335

1.053

Bacterial glycogen synthase

rplV

-2.465

0.958

Ribosomal protein L20

ybfO

-2.884

0.880

Similar to erythromycin esterase (detoxification)

yllA

-3.531

0.914

Hypothetical protein

yojL

-2.631

0.710

Similar to cell wall-binding protein