Table 3. Differentially expressed loci in anti-sense direction, ranked by locus number, between N. meningitidis H44/76 wild type and N. meningitidis H44/76ΔmseR.

		reads/locusα
Locusβ	Geneγ	wt	ΔmseR	Fold change	p-valueδ	Descriptionε
NMH_0763	nqrE	30	121	4.0	0.020	NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase
NMH_2154		157	19	0.1	<0.001	Hypothetical protein in σE operon
NMH_2156	σE	26	141	5.4	0.001	RNA polymerase σE, σE operon
NMH_2475		17	461	27.1	<0.001	mechanosensitive ion channel family protein
NMH_2476		6	725	120.8	<0.0001	Competence/damage-inducible CinA C-terminal
NMH_2477	msrA/msrB	771	118	0.2	<0.0001	methionine sulfoxide reductase msrA/msrB

^αReads/locus after library normalization by DEseq.

^βLocus number as annotated in H44/76 WGS (AEQZ00000000).

^γGene name when annotated in H44/76 WGS (AEQZ00000000).

^δAll loci with Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted p-value≤0.05.

^εWhere available N. meningitidis strain MC58 orthologues are noted.