... 12:R17http://genomebiology.com/2011/12/2/R17Page 6 of 19 of (p)ppGpp in E. coli. Of the many detect ed (p)ppGpptargets that may contribute to the observed stress phe-notypes of the rsh mutant, we performed a phenotypic analysis o ... previously[29], showing the rsh mutant to be (p)ppGpp-deficient.However,duetothesensitivityoftheassay,thepre-sence of trace amounts of (p)ppGpp in the rsh mutant,possibly resulting from the presence ... identified.Conclusions Analysis of growth phase-specific gene expression of the R. etli wild type and rsh mutant has provided insightinto the (p)ppGpp regulon of R. etli,providingthefirst genome-wide view of the...