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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2000, p. 4979-4986, Vol. 182, No. 17
Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056
Basel, Switzerland,1 and Institute of
Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic2
Received 2 March 2000/Accepted 22 May 2000
Stress-induced regulatory networks coordinated with a procaryotic
developmental program were revealed by two-dimensional gel analyses of
global gene expression. Four developmental stages were identified by
their distinctive protein synthesis patterns using principal component
analysis. Statistical analyses focused on five stress stimulons
(induced by heat, cold, salt, ethanol, or antibiotic shock) and their
synthesis during development. Unlike other bacteria, for which various
stresses induce expression of similar sets of protein spots, in
Streptomyces coelicolor heat, salt, and ethanol stimulons
were composed of independent sets of proteins. This suggested
independent control by different physiological stress signals and their
corresponding regulatory systems. These stress proteins were also under
developmental control. Cluster analysis of stress protein synthesis
profiles identified 10 different developmental patterns or
"synexpression groups." Proteins induced by cold, heat, or salt
shock were enriched in three developmental synexpression groups. In
addition, certain proteins belonging to the heat and salt shock
stimulons were coregulated during development. Thus, stress regulatory
systems controlling these stimulons were implicated as integral parts
of the developmental program. This correlation suggested that thermal
shock and salt shock stress response regulatory systems either allow
the cell to adapt to stresses associated with development or directly
control the developmental program.
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Developmental Control of Stress Stimulons in
Streptomyces coelicolor Revealed by Statistical Analyses of
Global Gene Expression Patterns


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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel,
Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. Phone:
41-61-267-2116. Fax: 41-61-267-2118. E-mail:
Charles-J.Thompson{at}unibas.ch.
Present address: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Present address: F. Hoffmann-LaRoche AG, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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