TABLE 4.

DNA microarray data obtained by comparing the expression profiles of the WT strain and ΔlexA mutant in the presence of the CSP pheromone

Locusa	Common name and/or putative function of protein	Fold changeb in ΔlexA mutant
SMU.63	Conserved membrane protein	−1.8
SMU.503	Hypothetical protein	−1.5
SMU.563	Ornithine carbamoyltransferase	−1.7
SMU.663-666	Glutamate family amino acid synthesis operon	−1.5
SMU.984	Hypothetical protein; CHAP domain-containing protein	−1.5
SMU.1402	CRISPR-associated protein	−1.5
SMU.1841	ScrA; sucrose-specific IIABC component	−2.2
SMU.1907	Hypothetical protein; bacteriocin-related genomic island	−1.7

^aResults for selected genes were ordered based on their position in the UA159 chromosome.

^bDifferential gene expression was based on a postnormalization cutoff ± ≥1.5-fold.