Table 5.

Candidate regulators of p66 expression

Genome locus	Description/possible roles	Putative functions
BBA23	MarR-type Putative Transcription Factor	MarR-type transcriptional regulator family. Located on plasmid lp54-A in B31
BB0225	TIM-barrel protein	Putative transcriptional regulator, function unknown, conserved hypothetical
BB0232	Hbb (HU-like protein)	Histone-like, potential roles in DNA replication, transcriptional regulation (46,53)
BB0345	HTH-3	Conserved hypothetical protein, family includes phage transcriptional control, bacterial methylase, plasmid copy control
BB0355	Transcription Factor (CarD-like)	Transcriptional regulator homolog (92)
BB0462	EbfC	Transcriptional regulator homolog (44,54)
BB0468	Putative Transcription Factor	Homologous to Lac I family transcription factors in Brucella spp.
BB0527	Transcriptional Activator (Baf family)	Putative transcriptional activator, putative B. pertussis toxin operon regulator
BB0647	Fur family	Transcription factor activity, Borrelia oxidative stress regulator, BosR (13,44,50,52)