TABLE 2.
Most highly expressed genes in B. burgdorferi cultivated at 35°C
| Gene name | Description of gene product (homologous gene) | Relative transcript level | Rank at temp (°C)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 23 | |||
| BB0440 | Ribosomal protein L34 (rpmH) | 104.42 | 1 | 1 |
| BBA59 | Lipoprotein | 100.38 | 2 | 2 |
| BB0049 | Hypothetical protein | 83.91 | 3 | 4 |
| BB0804 | Ribosomal protein S15 (rpsO) | 64.75 | 4 | 6 |
| BB0233 | Ribosomal protein S20 (rpsT) | 57.39 | 5 | 3 |
| BB0162 | Hypothetical protein | 53.80 | 6 | 16 |
| BB0500 | Ribosomal protein S13 (rpsM) | 48.66 | 7 | 11 |
| BBA62 | Lipoprotein | 38.51 | 8 | 7 |
| BB0232 | hbbU protein | 36.14 | 9 | 13 |
| BB0294 | Flagellar basal-body rod protein (flgB) | 33.76 | 10 | 10 |
| BB0559 | PTSa system, glucose-specific IIA component (crr) | 33.07 | 11 | 5 |
| BBA15 | Outer surface protein A (ospA) | 31.32 | 12 | 12 |
| BB0300 | Cell division protein (ftsA) | 29.06 | 13 | 9 |
| BB0778 | Ribosomal protein L21 (rplU) | 28.75 | 14 | 14 |
| BBB19 | Outer surface protein C (ospC) | 28.47 | 15 | 109 |
| BB0480 | Ribosomal protein L23 (rplW) | 23.07 | 16 | 21 |
| BB0486 | Ribosomal protein L29 (rpmC) | 22.28 | 17 | 17 |
| BB0704 | Acyl carrier protein | 20.90 | 18 | 23 |
| BB0365 | Lipoprotein LA7 | 20.78 | 19 | 61 |
| BBA32 | Hypothetical protein | 20.75 | 20 | 114 |
| BBF20 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 20.70 | 21 | 32 |
| BB0741 | Chaperonin (groES) | 19.39 | 22 | 20 |
| BBA16 | Outer surface protein B (ospB) | 19.27 | 23 | 19 |
| BB0256 | Ribosomal protein S21 (rpsU) | 18.45 | 24 | 25 |
| BBS37 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 17.71 | 25 | 24 |
| BBQ42 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 17.04 | 26 | 22 |
| BB0355 | Transcription factor, putative | 16.17 | 27 | 18 |
| BBE10 | Hypothetical protein | 16.13 | 28 | 47 |
| BBA74 | Outer membrane porin (oms28) | 15.55 | 29 | 127 |
| BBA28 | Hypothetical protein | 15.41 | 30 | 64 |
| BB0175 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 15.14 | 31 | 219 |
| BB0631 | Hypothetical protein | 13.78 | 32 | 26 |
| BB0229 | Ribosomal protein L31 (rpmE) | 13.47 | 33 | 34 |
| BB0562 | Hypothetical protein | 13.16 | 34 | 29 |
| BB0501 | Ribosomal protein S11 (rpsK) | 12.70 | 35 | 39 |
| BB0703 | Ribosomal protein L32 (rpmF) | 12.51 | 36 | 54 |
| BB0538 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 12.33 | 37 | 40 |
| BB0803 | tRNA pseudouridine 55 synthase (truB) | 11.90 | 38 | 30 |
| BBB28 | Hypothetical protein | 11.60 | 39 | 48 |
| BB0541 | Hypothetical protein | 11.42 | 40 | 31 |
| BB0190 | Translation initiation factor 3 (infC) | 10.74 | 41 | 41 |
| BBL35 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 10.73 | 42 | 37 |
| BB0785 | Stage V sporulation protein G | 10.72 | 43 | 51 |
| BBH29 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 10.30 | 44 | 43 |
| BB0048 | Hypothetical protein | 10.21 | 45 | 74 |
| BBM38 | erpK protein (erpK) | 10.20 | 46 | 44 |
| BB0441 | Ribonuclease P protein component (rnpA) | 10.04 | 47 | 35 |
| BB0423 | Hypothetical protein | 10.01 | 48 | 28 |
| BB0782 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 9.97 | 49 | 56 |
| BB0664 | Hypothetical protein | 9.90 | 50 | 60 |
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PTS, phosphotransferase.