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19040455

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
The transcriptome of Blochmannia floridanus, the endosymbiont of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus, is presented during various developmental stages of its holometabolous host by use of a whole-genome DNA macroarray. The detected transcription patterns indicate the presence of local transcription units as well as global regulatory mechanisms. Yet, the overall regulation scale is very modest, rarely exceeding a factor of three. A large number of genes show differential expression in different life stages and a distinct expression pattern of genes possibly involved in symbiotic function as compared with housekeeping genes is apparent. However, these transcriptional changes are small as compared with the changes in the number of bacteria during host development, which is the highest in pupae and in young imagines. Control of replication of the bacteria in certain life stages may therefore be the decisive parameter influencing the overall level of gene expression of Blochmannia in the animal. The few highly expressed genes like those encoding molecular chaperones exhibit a significantly higher G+C content than moderately expressed genes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1462-2920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
877-88
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcriptional profiling of the endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus during different developmental stages of its holometabolous ant host.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't