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Table 1 Functional distribution of genes up and down-regulated during curdlan biosynthesis

From: Transcriptome profiling of a curdlan-producing Agrobacterium reveals conserved regulatory mechanisms of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis

Functional Category

Up-regulated

Down-regulated

 

# of genes

%

# of genes

%

Cell replication and division

43

4.4

82

5.6

Membrane and lipid metabolism

18

1.8

69

4.7

Protein synthesis and degradation

31

3.1

104

7.1

RNA-associated proteins

4

0.4

74

5.0

Transporters

86

8.7

210

14.3

Metabolism and cofactor synthesis

111

11.3

381

25.9

Regulation

105

10.7

101

6.9

Stress response/cell protection

27

2.7

26

1.8

EPS synthesis and degradation

8

0.8

24

1.6

Hypothetical proteins

546

55.4

395

26.9

Phage/invasion/virulence proteins

6

0.6

5

0.3

Total

985

100.0

1471

100.0