Table 2.

Four potential HetR targets chosen for further analysis and patA

Region location	RNA-seq RPKM fold change a					Gene function	Potential HetR binding site
	WT 0 h/∆ hetR 0 h	WT 6 h/∆ hetR 6 h	WT 0 h/WT 6 h	WT 0 h/WT 12 h	WT 0 h/WT 21 h
patA (all0521)	−13	−8.0	−1.8	1.6	1.4	Pattern formation	TTGGCTCAAACCCAT
asr1469	−4.0b	1.7b	--Low coverage--			Small peptide	TTGGGTCTAACTTAT
asl2028	−2.5	−1.5	−3.7	1.2	1.4	Unknown	TCGGGGTAACAATCC
alr2242	1.3	−13.4	1.5	1.1	2.7	Possible NTPase	None found
alr3758	Low coverage	11 / 0c	12	3.9	7.7	Anti sigma factor antagonist	TTGGGTAAACCTGCT

^aWT RPKM data from Flaherty et al. [25].

^bLow coverage.

^c11 reads in WT at 6 h dropped to 0 in the ∆hetR mutant.