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. 2023 Dec 13;12(12):1442. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12121442

Table 1.

Sporulation-associated genes used for expression analysis.

Gene Name Locus Tag a Function Sporulation Stage Wave b
[20]		 Wave b
[21]
sigF BA_4294 Sporulation-specific sigma factor σF Formation of
asymmetric septum, F		 2 3
spoVG BA_0047 Sporulation-specific regulator Formation of
asymmetric septum, M		 2 3
spoIIID BA_5521 Sporulation-specific regulator Start of engulfment, M 4 4
sigG BA_4042 Sporulation-specific sigma factor σG End of engulfment, F 4 4
sigK BA_4566 Sporulation-specific sigma factor σK End of engulfment/spore differentiation, M 5 4
murF BA_0246 Protein of spore cortex Formation of
spore cortex, F		 5 absent
cotZ BA_1234 Protein of spore coat Formation of spore coat, F 5 5
sasP1 BA_0858 DNA protecting small acid soluble protein Spore differentiation, F 5 5

a in B. anthracis strain Ames; b wave in which gene expression was observed in the studies by Liu et al. [20] or Bergman et al. [21]; M: active in mother cell; F: active in forespore.