Table 5. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis of gene expression
Gene | Relative gene expression | ||||||||
GlcNAc 60m * | (GlcNAc)2 60m * | Crab attached | (GlcN)2 60m * | ||||||
Array | Real-time PCR § | Array | Real-time PCR § | Array | Real-time PCR § | Array | Real-time PCR § | ||
VC0409 | MSHA pilin protein MshA (mshA) | 1.0 | 0.85 | 1.1 | 0.85 | 1.2 | 0.88 | 1.2 | 0.86 |
| (0.80-0.90) |
| (0.76-0.95) |
| (0.79-0.93) |
| (0.73-1.01) | ||
VC0449 | Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein | 2.8 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 0.36 | 1.0 | 1.84 |
| (9.07-11.3) |
| (10.8-13.5) |
| (0.30-0.43) |
| (1.53-2.21) | ||
VC0620 | Peptide ABC transporter, periplasmic peptide-binding protein | 1.3 | 0.91 | 71 | 129 | 6.6 | 27.2 | 1.2 | 1.19 |
| (0.82-1.01) |
| (82.7-200) |
| (23.9-30.8) |
| (0.99-1.44) | ||
VC0828 | Toxin co-regulated pilin (tcpA) | 1.1 | 1.57 | 1.3 | 1.65 | 0.8 | 0.98 | 1.0 | 1.02 |
| (1.48-1.66) |
| (1.52-1.79) |
| (0.86-1.19) |
| (0.85-1.21) | ||
VC0972 | Chitoporin ChiP | 2.4 | 2.82 | 30 | 202 | 8.4 | 31.1 | 1.2 | 1.50 |
| (2.19-3.63) |
| (186-221) |
| (27.9-34.7) |
| (1.24-1.80) | ||
VC1153 | Conserved hypothetical protein | 1.1 | 1.39 | 7.8 | 9.30 | 4.1 | 3.76 | 1.3 | 1.53 |
| (1.26-1.53) |
| (8.43-10.3) |
| (3.29-4.29) |
| (1.21-1.94) | ||
VC1282 | PTS system, cellobiose-specific IIC component (celB) | 0.8 | 0.15 | 0.6 | 0.32 | 3.9 | 2.34 | 31 | 118 |
| (0.11-0.21) |
| (0.25-0.40) |
| (2.10-2.61) |
| (98-141) | ||
VC2423 | Fimbrial protein (pilA) | 1.0 | 0.80 | 12 | 54.3 | 9.0 | 17.1 | 1.0 | 0.98 |
| (0.63-0.85) |
| (50.5-58.4) |
| (15.4-19.1) |
| (0.83-1.16) | ||
VCA0027 | Chitinase (chiA-2) | 0.9 | 1.37 | 5.0 | 8.69 | 14 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 0.93 |
| (1.19-1.58) |
| (3.97-10.3) |
| (12.7-16.4) |
| (0.78-1.11) | ||
VCA0140 | Spindolin-related protein | 0.9 | 0.72 | 2.6 | 4.28 | 7.5 | 3.37 | 0.9 | 1.06 |
| (0.70-0.74) |
| (3.93-4.66) |
| (2.94-3.86) |
| (0.88-1.27) |
*Fold induction relative to culture grown without the indicated inducer.
Fold induction of the attached population relative to the planktonic population.
Average induction values from two arrays with same RNA sample.§
Average induction values (and range of induction values) obtained from three replicas using same RNA sample as in .