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. 2013 Mar 26;4(2):e00072-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00072-13

TABLE 3 .

Expression and CP activity of clone A1 transfectants overexpressing various ehcp genes

Clone A1 transfectant Relative expression (ΔΔCT method)a CP activity
mU/mg Fold activity to control (P value)
pNC 1 0.49 ± 0.47 1
pNC-CPA1 14.1 ± 13 24.3 ± 1.1 49.6 (<0.0001)***
pNC-CPA2 6.1 ± 1.7 69.5 ± 19.4 141.8 (0.0012)**
pNC-CPA3 22.20 ± 20.35 1.2 ± 0.38 2.4 (NS)
pNC-CPA4 387.5 ± 94.5 7.7 ± 2.9 15.7 (0.0007)***
pNC-CPA5 3.16 ± 2.01 30.6 ± 18.3 62.4 (0.0011)**
pNC-CPA6 119.2 ± 21.7 0.9 ± 0.6 1.8 (NS)
pNC-CPA7 7 ± 4.4 5.2 ± 4.5 10.6 (0.0080)**
pNC-CPA10 642.4 ± 54.1 2.9 ± 2.4 5.9(0.0043)**
pNC-CPB8 9,370 ± 13,028 3.6 ± 2.9 7.3(0.043)*
pNC-CPB9 589 ± 1,097 3.8 ± 3.6 7.8(0.0173)*
pNC-CPC13 19.83 ± 12.17 2.1 ± 0.9 4.3(0.0043)**
a

Relative expression of the ehcp gene that should be overexpressed in the respective transfectant was analyzed. Ehactin was used as a normalizer. NS, not significant; CP, cysteine peptidases.