Table 3.
Function of genes showing the largest differences between days A and B
| Gene | Mean | Standard | Function |
| deviation | |||
| comEA | 2.588 | 0.930 | Late competence protein required for DNA binding and uptake |
| comFA | 3.213 | 0.809 | Late competence protein required for DNA uptake |
| comFC | 2.448 | 0.713 | Late competence protein required for DNA uptake |
| comGA | 4.794 | 0.956 | Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake |
| comGB | 3.649 | 0.604 | Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake |
| comGC | 2.644 | 0.724 | Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake |
| comGD | 3.512 | 0.828 | Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake |
| comGE | 4.067 | 1.038 | Late competence operon required for DNA binding and uptake |
| nucA | 3.134 | 0.954 | Competence-specific nuclease |
| rapH | 3.453 | 0.619 | Response regulator: aspartate phosphatase (sporulation) |
| ypzE | 2.261 | 0.143 | Hypothetical protein |
| yqzE | 3.856 | 0.810 | Hypothetical protein |
| yshA | 2.331 | 0.718 | Conserved hypothetical protein |
| yvrP | 2.697 | 0.966 | Conserved extracytoplasmic component of a permease |
| (hypothetical) | |||
| cotG | -2.547 | 0.784 | Spore coat protein |
| glgA | -2.335 | 1.053 | Bacterial glycogen synthase |
| rplV | -2.465 | 0.958 | Ribosomal protein L20 |
| ybfO | -2.884 | 0.880 | Similar to erythromycin esterase (detoxification) |
| yllA | -3.531 | 0.914 | Hypothetical protein |
| yojL | -2.631 | 0.710 | Similar to cell wall-binding protein |