Figure 5

Map of genes of the flagellar biosynthesis region on the chromosome of S. meliloti 1021 and their expression in response to acidic pH. A part of the flagellar gene region is schematically displayed with its genes given by open arrows coloured according to the K-means cluster distribution. Gene names are given below. Black arrows indicate known operon structures. The graph above shows on the Y-axis the time after pH-shift and on the Z-axis for each time point the expression of the corresponding genes by the M-value. For clarity a region of 13 consecutive genes of the flagellar operon (flgA – fliK) has been omitted. The location of the omitted region is indicated by the orthogonal lines. The ending of a flagellar operon within the omitted region is depicted by a dotted black arrow.