TABLE 3.

Efficiency of RpoS translation

Strain	Translation efficiencya
	30°C	43.5°C
rnc+rne+ ΔdsrA	1	1
rnc+rne(Ts) ΔdsrA	2	0.1
Δrnc rne+ ΔdsrA	6	2
Δrnc rne(Ts) ΔdsrA	8	0.4
rnc+rne+dsrA+	21	4
rnc+rne(Ts)dsrA+	24	1
Δrnc rne+dsrA+	14	5
Δrnc rne(Ts)dsrA+	12	1

^aEfficiency of translation of the rpoS mRNA was determined as a ratio of the relative RpoS protein levels to the relative rpoS mRNA levels normalized to that of the rnc⁺rne⁺ ΔdsrA strain, as measured to obtain the results shown in Fig. 5 and 6.