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. 2001 Nov;183(22):6543–6550. doi: 10.1128/JB.183.22.6543-6550.2001

TABLE 2.

proU P1-lac expression at 30 and 10°Ca

Temp and GJ rpoS+ strain no.d Mutation(s) β-Galactosidase sp act for P1-lac-bearing plasmid (description) on rpoS+ strainb
pHYD373 (S. enterica P1)
pHYD374 (S. enterica P1Δatt)
pHYD275 (E. coli P1.a)
pHYD380 (E. coli P1.b)
pHYD394 (E. coli P1-P2- NRE.a)
pHYD395 (E. coli P1-P2- NRE.b)
−NaCl +NaCl −NaCl +NaCl −NaCl +NaCl −NaCl +NaCl −NaCl +NaCl −NaCl +NaCl
30°C
 862 (870) Nil 4 (<1) 4 (<1) 60 (2) 111 (<1) 63 (4) 275 (8) 51 (5) 277 (8) 3 (2) 6 (3) 2 (1) 6 (3)
 863 (871) rho 51 (<1) 69 (3) 136 (5) 159 (4) 126 (15) 322 (18) 73 (13) 291 (16) 4 (3) 11 (4) 3 (2) 8 (6)
 866 (872) hns 5 (3) 7 (2) 391 (3) 301 (4) 407 (16) 620 (22) 349 (35) NDc 75 (8) 112 (14) 58 (10) 168 (15)
 867 (873) rho hns 58 (5) 82 (2) 472 (7) 331 (5) 393 (27) 500 (38) ND ND  106 (27) 207 (41) 80 (23) 251 (35)
10°C
 862 (870) Nil 54 (2) 22 (2) 728 (6) 288 (4) 962 (16) 665 (16) ND ND  5 (4) 8 (7) 5 (1) 10 (1)
 863 (871) rho 463 (35) 277 (20) 917 (67) 427 (38) 885 (69) 667 (47) ND ND  114 (17) 136 (13) 136 (22) 175 (13)
a

Isogenic rpoS+ and rpoS cultures were grown in trimethoprim-supplemented K-tryptone medium without NaCl (−NaCl) or with 0.3 M NaCl (+NaCl) at 30 or 10°C for β-galactosidase assays. Enzyme specific activity values are reported in Miller units (35). Values in parentheses are for rpoS derivatives. 

b

Plasmid descriptions are as explained in Fig. 1 and its legend. 

c

ND, not determined. 

d

Strain numbers outside and within parentheses designate isogenic rpoS+ and rpoS derivatives, respectively.