Research Article

Expression of the Genes Encoding the Trk and Kdp Potassium Transport Systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during Growth In Vitro

Table 3

Absolute expression of the trk and kdp genes in WT and trk-gene knockout strains of Mtb.

Gene nameH37Rv (g/mL)trk-gene knockout (g/mL)
Early-log ± SEMMid-log ± SEMLate-log ± SEMEarly-log ± SEMMid-log ± SEMLate-log ± SEM

ceoB16.3 ± 6.614.7 ± 1.13071.0 ± 602.10.43 ± 0.10.49 ± 0.12.34 ± 0.7
ceoC25.7 ± 6.525.8 ± 1.3653.8 ± 68.60.13 ± 0.100.01 ± 0.012.11 ± 0.7

kdpA22.5 ± 8.716.4 ± 3.2618.8 ± 115.722.5 ± 5.214.7 ± 4.33410.6 ± 1192.0
kdpB 6.7 ± 3.08.2 ± 1.1519.9 ± 84.46.5 ± 2.69.2 ± 1.03452.3 ± 1266.4
kdpC 3.4 ± 1.25.4 ± 0.5787.3 ± 103.33.5 ± 0.93.3 ± 0.83332.2 ± 1109.1
kdpF 28.0 ± 9.119.6 ± 8.61523.8 ± 180.211.3 ± 0.515.1 ± 1.22640.8 ± 648.9

kdpD38.4 ± 5.840.2 ± 3.01539.5 ± 193.034.6 ± 3.033.6 ± 5.24672.9 ± 1452.0
kdpE9.5 ± 1.79.1 ± 2.0716.8 ± 100.710.6 ± 0.49.3 ± 1.62776.6 ± 805.3

sigA254.5 ± 45.3208.0 ± 8.11088.6 ± 68.2249.5 ± 36.0201.6 ± 10.62545.8 ± 728.2