... previouslyshown that at the beginning of the stationary phase the rate of synthesis of heat-shock proteins increases considerably,but only transiently [2,18]. Similarly, we observed that the steady-state ... the deletion of the UP12 encoding gene increased the sensitivity of the mutant to CCCP (Fig. 6), it did not haveany detectable effects on the sensitivity to mitomycin C,unlike in the case of ... compensated bybackup systems, such as other members of the UspA family.However, this assumption needs to be examined further. Inthis regard, the exact mode of action of UspA, as well as that of other...