TABLE 3.
Most highly expressed genes in B. burgdorferi cultivated at 23°C
| Gene name | Description of gene product (homologous gene) | Relative transcript level | Rank at temp (°C)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 35 | |||
| BB0440 | Ribosomal protein L34 (rpmH) | 137.55 | 1 | 1 |
| BBA59 | Lipoprotein | 129.97 | 2 | 2 |
| BB0233 | Ribosomal protein S20 (rpsT) | 77.39 | 3 | 5 |
| BB0049 | Hypothetical protein | 75.82 | 4 | 3 |
| BB0559 | PTSa system, glucose-specific IIA component (crr) | 75.40 | 5 | 11 |
| BB0804 | Ribosomal protein S15 (rpsO) | 57.07 | 6 | 4 |
| BBA62 | Lipoprotein | 48.50 | 7 | 8 |
| BB0300 | Cell division protein (ftsA) | 40.53 | 8 | 13 |
| BB0294 | Flagellar basal-body rod protein (flgB) | 40.22 | 9 | 10 |
| BB0500 | Ribosomal protein S13 (rpsM) | 40.03 | 10 | 7 |
| BBA15 | Outer surface protein A (ospA) | 32.51 | 11 | 12 |
| BB0232 | hbbU protein | 30.50 | 12 | 9 |
| BB0778 | Ribosomal protein L21 (rplU) | 26.96 | 13 | 14 |
| BB0047 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 25.27 | 14 | 52 |
| BB0162 | Hypothetical protein | 22.54 | 15 | 6 |
| BB0486 | Ribosomal protein L29 (rpmC) | 21.46 | 16 | 17 |
| BB0355 | Transcription factor, putative | 20.49 | 17 | 27 |
| BBA16 | Outer surface protein B (ospB) | 20.08 | 18 | 23 |
| BB0741 | Chaperonin (groES) | 20.00 | 19 | 22 |
| BB0480 | Ribosomal protein L23 (rplW) | 19.06 | 20 | 16 |
| BBQ42 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 18.94 | 21 | 26 |
| BB0704 | Acyl carrier protein | 17.05 | 22 | 18 |
| BBS37 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 17.05 | 23 | 25 |
| BB0256 | Ribosomal protein S21 (rpsU) | 16.85 | 24 | 24 |
| BB0631 | Hypothetical protein | 16.79 | 25 | 32 |
| BB0044 | Hypothetical protein | 16.69 | 26 | 66 |
| BB0423 | Hypothetical protein | 15.35 | 27 | 48 |
| BB0562 | Hypothetical protein | 14.09 | 28 | 34 |
| BB0803 | tRNA pseudouridine 55 synthase (truB) | 13.72 | 29 | 38 |
| BB0541 | Hypothetical protein | 13.61 | 30 | 40 |
| BBF20 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 12.78 | 31 | 21 |
| BB0061 | Thioredoxin (trxA) | 12.68 | 32 | 51 |
| BB0229 | Ribosomal protein L31 (rpmE) | 12.45 | 33 | 33 |
| BB0441 | Ribonuclease P protein component (rnpA) | 12.31 | 34 | 47 |
| BBE21 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 11.84 | 35 | 58 |
| BBL35 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 11.26 | 36 | 42 |
| BB0691 | Translation elongation factor G (fus-2) | 10.85 | 37 | 56 |
| BB0501 | Ribosomal protein S11 (rpsK) | 10.52 | 38 | 35 |
| BB0538 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 10.47 | 39 | 37 |
| BB0190 | Translation initiation factor 3 (infC) | 10.26 | 40 | 41 |
| BB0143 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 10.18 | 41 | 89 |
| BBH29 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 10.14 | 42 | 44 |
| BBM38 | erpK protein (erpK) | 9.96 | 43 | 46 |
| BBH16 | Hypothetical protein | 9.91 | 44 | 63 |
| BBI29 | Hypothetical protein | 9.79 | 45 | 178 |
| BBE10 | Hypothetical protein | 9.76 | 46 | 28 |
| BBB28 | Hypothetical protein | 9.44 | 47 | 39 |
| BB0338 | Ribosomal protein S9 (rpsl) | 9.29 | 48 | 61 |
| BB0489 | Ribosomal protein L24 (rplX) | 9.25 | 49 | 55 |
| BB0785 | Stage V sporulation protein | 9.21 | 50 | 43 |
a
PTS, phosphotransferase.