Article
The orphan gene ybjN conveys pleiotropic effects on multicellular behavior and survival of Escherichia coli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Wang Dongping, Calla Bernarda, Vimolmangkang Sornkanok, Wu Xia, Korban Schuyler S, Huber Steven C, Clough Steven J, Zhao Youfu
Abstract excerpt
YbjN, encoding an enterobacteria-specific protein, is a multicopy suppressor of temperature sensitivity in the ts9 mutant strain of Escherichia coli. In this study, we further explored the role(s) of ybjN. First, we demonstrated that the ybjN transcript was about 10-fold lower in the ts9 strain compared to that of E. coli strain BW25113 (BW). Introduction of multiple copies of ybjN in the ts9 strain resulted in...
Topics
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Mutation
- Temperature