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From: Analysis of growth-phase regulated genes in Streptococcus agalactiaeby global transcript profiling

Figure 2

Grouping of S. agalactiae transcripts into distinct 15 clusters based on expression profiles from ML to S growth phases. The dendrogram and clusters were generated using a self organizing map algorithm and represent changes in expression of 1,994 transcripts at four consecutive time points: ML, LL, ES, and S phases. Cluster 0 genes had low level of transcription. Clusters 1–4 genes positively correlated with stationary phase of growth transcription level and peaked in the ES (clusters 1 and 2) or S (clusters 3 and 4) phase of growth. Clusters 5 and 10–14 are negatively correlated with the S phase of growth; transcription of genes grouped in these clusters reached their peak in ML phase and decreased in S phase. Genes in clusters 6–9 are expressed relatively steadily during growth although at various levels of expression, ranging from very high (cluster 9) to mid-low (cluster 6). The black horizontal line on the cluster graphs represents average transcription level of the complete dataset. The transcript level in each cluster is plotted using a logarithmic scale. Number of transcripts in clusters: Cluster 0, 440; Cluster 1, 115; Cluster 2, 106; Cluster 3, 42; Cluster 4, 47; Cluster 5, 175; Cluster 6, 140; Cluster 7, 100; Cluster 8, 66; Cluster 9, 26; Cluster 10, 183; Cluster 11, 173; Cluster 12, 185; Cluster 13, 89; Cluster 14, 107.

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