The orphan gene ybjN conveys pleiotropic effects on multicellular behavior and survival of Escherichia coli.

YbjN, encoding an enterobacteria-specific protein, is a multicopy suppressor of temperature sensitivity in the ts9 mutant strain of Escherichia coli. In this study, we further explored the role(s) of ybjN. First, we demonstrated that the ybjN transcript was about 10-fold lower in the ts9 strain comp...

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Main Authors: Dongping Wang, Bernarda Calla, Sornkanok Vimolmangkang, Xia Wu, Schuyler S Korban, Steven C Huber, Steven J Clough, Youfu Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3181261?pdf=render