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. 2008 Jul 7;74(17):5475–5482. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00500-08

TABLE 3.

Expression change of merA and amoA determined by qRT-PCR under Hg2+ and Cu2+ treatment

Treatment and gene Fold change in expression after incubation fora:
30 min 60 min 120 min 180 min
Hg2+ treatment
    merA 157.1 ± 0.22 254.5 ± 0.72 115.7 ± 0.01 21.6 ± 0.26
    amoA 1.0 ± 0.02 2.0 ± 0.02 1.9 ± 0.05 3.7 ± 0.12
Cu2+ treatment
    merA 1.8 ± 0.50 0.9 ± 0.01 1.4 ± 0.35 1.7 ± 0.12
    amoA 2.0 ± 0.07 2.0 ± 0.33 0.5 ± 0.03 0.4 ± 0.02
a

The error (± value) indicates the 95% confidence interval.