Table 3.
Changes in expression of physiological process genes in desiccation-grown B. japonicum.
| Physiological Process | Locus (Gene ID) a | Description b | Fold Induction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaperones | bsl3986 (cspA) | cold shock protein | 1.7 |
| blr4637 | probable HspC2 heat shock protein | 1.6 | |
| blr4635 (groEL) | chaperonin GroEL | 1.5 | |
| blr4653 (dnaJ) | molecular chaperone DnaJ family | 1.7 | |
| bll5219 (hspD) | small heat shock protein | 2.1 | |
| blr5625 (groES) | 10 KD chaperonin | 2.5 | |
| blr5626 (groEL) | 60 KDA chaperonin | 2.1 | |
| Energy metabolism | blr1656 | putative glycosyl hydrolase | 2.0 |
| bll3998 | probable succinate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase | 2.3 | |
| blr4657 | beta-glucosidase | 1.6 | |
| bll4784 | aldehyde dehydrogenase | 1.8 | |
| blr6128 (cycB) | cytochrome c552 | 1.5 | |
| blr7040 (napC) | cytochrome C-type protein | 2.1 | |
| Heat shock response systems | blr0678 | heat shock protein 70 | 2.0 |
| Translation | bll5377 (rpsK) | 30S ribosomal protein S11 | 1.8 |
| bll5381 (rplO) | 50S ribosomal protein L15 | 1.6 | |
| bsl5382 (rpmD) | 50S ribosomal protein L30 | 1.6 | |
| bsl5391 (rpsQ) | 30S ribosomal protein S17 | 1.5 | |
| bsl5392 (rpmC) | 50S ribosomal protein L29 | 1.8 | |
| bll5397 (rplB) | 50S ribosomal protein L2 | 1.7 | |
| bll5415 (rplK) | 50S ribosomal Protein L11 | 2.4 |
a The differentially-expressed genes from each functional category were chosen with 1.5-fold cut-off and p ≤ 0.05; b Description (annotations) represents the third level from the three-tiered functional level system of B. japonicum (www.kazusa.or.jp/rhizobase/Bradyrhizobium/cgi-bin/category_brady.cgi).