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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2001, p. 2265-2272, Vol. 183, No. 7
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.7.2265-2272.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Global Impact of sdiA Amplification Revealed by
Comprehensive Gene Expression Profiling of Escherichia
coli
Yan
Wei,1,
Jian-Ming
Lee,2,
Dana R.
Smulski,1 and
Robert
A.
LaRossa1,*
Central Research and Development, DuPont
Company, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0173,1
and Nutrition and Health, DuPont Company, Newark, Delaware
19714-61042
Received 6 October 2000/Accepted 3 January 2001
In Escherichia coli the amplification of
sdiA, a positive activator of ftsQAZ, genes
that are essential for septation, results in mitomycin C resistance. To
help us understand this resistance phenotype, genes whose expression
was altered by increased sdiA dosage were identified using
a DNA microarray-based, comprehensive transcript profiling method. The
expression of 62 genes was reduced by more than threefold; of these, 41 are involved in motility and chemotaxis. Moreover, the expression of 75 genes, 36 of which had been previously characterized, was elevated at
least threefold. As expected, increased sdiA dosage led to
significantly elevated sdiA and
'ddlB-ftsQAZ-lpxC operon expression. Transcription of two
genes, uvrY and uvrC, located downstream of
sdiA and oriented in the same direction, was elevated about
10-fold, although the intervening gene, yecF, of opposite
polarity was unaffected by increased sdiA dosage. Three
genes (mioC and gidAB) flanking the replication
origin, oriC, were transcribed more often when
sdiA dosage was high, as were 12 genes within 1 min of a
terminus of replication, terB. Transcription of the
acrABDEF genes, mapping in three widely spaced loci, was
elevated significantly, while several genes involved in DNA repair and
replication (e.g., nei, recN, mioC, and mcrC)
were moderately elevated in expression. Such global analysis provides a
link between septation and the response to DNA-damaging agents.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: DuPont Company,
Central Research and Development, Biochemical Science and Engineering Experimental Station, P.O. Box 80173, Wilmington, DE 19880-0173. Phone: (302) 695-9264. Fax: (302) 695-9183. E-mail:
Robert.A.LaRossa{at}usa.dupont.com.

Present address: Center of Biotechnology, Roche Vitamins, Inc.,
Nutley, NJ
07006.

Present address: Blackstone Technology Group, Boston, MA
02110.
Journal of Bacteriology, April 2001, p. 2265-2272, Vol. 183, No. 7
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.7.2265-2272.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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