Impact of the Staphylococcus epidermidis LytSR two-component regulatory system on murein hydrolase activity, pyruvate utilization and global transcriptional profile

Table 2 Expression of genes regulated by LytSR confirmed by RT Real-time PCR

Gene	Description	n-fold(microarray)	n-fold(Real time PCR)
lrgA	holin-like protein LrgA	0.277	0.133 (0.124, 0.143) ***
SERP2169	hypothetical protein	0.0165	0.013 (0.008, 0.02) ***
arcA	arginine deiminase	0.301	0.476 (0.377, 0.601) **
ebsB	cell wall enzyme EbsB, putative	0.091	0.278 (0.21, 0.369) **
leuC	3-isopropylmalate dehydratase small subunit	11.45	3.85 (3.595, 4.124) **

* Data are means ± SD of 3 independent experiments. ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; ΔytSR1 vs. WT.

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