TABLE 5.

Genes downregulated by rbf^a

ORF	Fold change in rbf++ vs wt	Gene	Description
SACOL2627	−2.3	betA	Choline dehydrogenase
SACOL2628	−2.5	betB	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase
SACOL0302	−2.1	brnQ	Branched-chain amino acid transport system II carrier protein
MSRA252-SAR2036	−3.9	chp	Chemotaxis-inhibiting protein
SACOL2652	−2.7	clfB	Clumping factor B
SACOL1168	−5.1	efb/fbp	Fibrinogen binding protein (efb)
SACOL2511	−4.3	fnbA	Fibronectin binding protein A
SACOL2003	−3.7	hlb	Phospholipase C
SACOL2688	−2.5	icaR	Intercellular adhesion regulator
SACOL0600	−2.2	ilvE	Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
SACOL0247	−3.3	lrgA	Holin-like protein LrgA
SACOL0248	−4.6	lrgB	LrgB protein
SACOL0245	−2.1	lytS	Sensor histidine kinase
SACOL2002	−3.3	map	Map protein, authentic frameshift
N315-SA0387	−4.0	set11	Exotoxin 11
SACOL2353	−2.3	tcaR	Transcriptional regulator TcaR
SACOL1364	−2.2	thrB	Homoserine kinase
SACOL2004	−4.0		Leukocidin F subunit, putative
SACOL2418	−2.1		Immunoglobulin G binding protein SBI
SACOL0468	−2.6		Exotoxin 3, putative
SACOL0857	−2.0		Staphylocoagulase precursor, putative
SACOL1164	−2.8		Fibrinogen-binding-related protein
SACOL1751	−3.5		Truncated cell surface protein map
SACOL1892	−2.3		Membrane protein, putative
SACOL1904	−2.3		Transcriptional regulator, putative
SACOL2499	−2.1		Helicase, putative
MU50-SAV1941	−4.6		Putative membrane protein
SACOL0199	−3.6		Conserved hypothetical protein
SACOL0480	−2.4		Hypothetical protein
SACOL0767	−3.0		Conserved hypothetical protein
SACOL0768	−2.7		Conserved hypothetical protein
SACOL1777	−4.2		Conserved hypothetical protein
SACOL2492	−2.2		Hypothetical protein
SACOLR1913	−2.1		Hypothetical protein
N315-SAS058	−2.1		Conserved hypothetical protein

^aThe rbf⁺⁺ versus wt data indicate the decreased expression level in the rbf-overproducing strain compared to the wild type.