The role of the alternative cf factor RpoS in the regulation of the starvation survival loci , stiC , has been characterized .
Since stiC loci are regulated by RpoS , we wanted to examine the combined effects of sti mutations on starvation survival .
Since stiC loci are regulated by RpoS , we wanted to examine the combined effects of rpoS mutations on starvation survival .
On the basis of the fact that stiC are all regulated by RpoS , one might predict that rpoS mutants exhibit increased sensitivity to the effects of C starvation because stiC are not induced and/or because stiB is overexpressed in an rpoS mutant .
On the basis of the fact that stiC are all regulated by RpoS , one might predict that rpoS mutants exhibit increased sensitivity to the effects of C starvation because stiA are not induced and/or because stiB is overexpressed in an rpoS mutant .