Regulatory network interactions during vegetative growth
Active regulons during vegetative growth are indicated by green squares (proteins) or blue hexagons (sigma factors). Positive or negative effects on the transcription of genes (coloured circles) are indicated by connecting blue and red lines, respectively. Important sporulation genes indicated as being part of the minimal sporulation set of genes have been colour coded according to their functional category as determined by Galperin and coworkers182. Genes unassigned to these functional categories are indicated as yellow circles.
Class
| Antimicrobials | |
| Biofilm formation | |
| Cell division and DNA replication | |
| Cell wall degradation | |
| Cell wall metabolism | |
| Cell wall synthesis | |
| Competence | |
| DNA protection | |
| DNA repair | |
| Metabolism | |
| Mother cell lysis | |
| Mother cell metabolism | |
| Motility and chemotaxis | |
| Nucleotide biosynthesis | |
| Phosphorelay | |
| Resistance | |
| Respiration | |
| RNA chaperones | |
| Rnases | |
| Sortases | |
| Spore coat | |
| Spore coat assembly | |
| Spore coat maturation | |
| Spore cortex | |
| Spore germination | |
| Spore maturation | |
| Spore morphogenesis | |
| Sporulation protein | |
| Toxins and antitoxins | |
| Transcriptional regulation | |
| Translation | |
| Transport |