Fig. 5: Effect of synthetic AIP variants on agr-regulated gene expression assessed by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR).
From: A short-lived peptide signal regulates cell-to-cell communication in Listeria monocytogenes

Relative quantification of agrB (a) or lmo0477 (b) expression at late exponential growth phase (6 h) in L. monocytogenes EGDeΔagrD grown with or without selected synthetic peptides [P1, P2, P3, or 10 (all added at 250 nM final concentration)] and compared with expression levels in L. monocytogenes EGDe WT. Performed in biological triplicate (n = 3). Error bars represent standard deviation. Statistical significance was evaluated by a one-way ANOVA: * (p < 0.05), ** (p < 0.005), *** (p < 0.005), **** (p < 0.0001).