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Table 1 qRT-PCR analyses of the expression of iron-acquisition genes in K. pneumoniae Δ fur Δ ryhB and Δ fur strains

From: Role of the small RNA RyhB in the Fur regulon in mediating the capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and iron acquisition systems in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Systems

Gene

RNA expression ratioa

Δfur ΔryhB/Δfur

Fe3+

  

Ferrichrome

fhuA

2.62 ± 0.07

Aerobactin

iucA

0.19 ± 0.06

Enterobactin

fepA

0.36 ± 0.01

 

fepB

0.33 ± 0.05

 

entC

0.46 ± 0.02

Ferric citrate

fecA

0.19 ± 0.02

 

fecE

0.34 ± 0.03

Salmochelin

iroB

0.52 ± 0.05

Heme

hmuR

0.69 ± 0.01

Fe2+

  

Ferrous iron

feoB

0.55 ± 0.18

 

sitA

2.81 ± 0.08

  1. a Mean expression ratio (±SD) of Δfur ΔryhB relative to Δfur.
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BMC Microbiology

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