TABLE 1.
Functional categories overrepresented among array elements whose transcript abundance changed significantly in association with growth phasea
| Category | No. of array elements (% of total)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Tohama I genome | Array elements whose transcript abundance changed in association with growth phase | |
| Increased transcript abundance | ||
| Folding and ushering proteins | 24 (0.6) | 5 (3.5) |
| Decreased transcript abundance | ||
| Transport/binding proteins | 413 (10.4) | 115 (16.0) |
| Macromolecule synthesis and modification | 208 (5.2) | 56 (7.8) |
| Virulence factors | 81 (2.0) | 41 (5.7) |
| Ribosome constituents | 53 (1.3) | 24 (3.3) |
| Chromosome replication and cell division | 22 (0.55) | 11 (1.5) |
a
P < 0.05.