ChIP-seq of MG1655 wt, MG1655 ΔphoB, MG1655 Δhns, MG1655 ΔphoB+Δhns and MG1655 PhoB-FLAG strains grown in MOPS media with either low phosphate (0.2 mM) or high phosphate (1.32 mM). ChIP-seq of MG1655 wt, MG1655 ΔphoB, MG1655 Δhns, MG1655 ΔphoB+Δhns and MG1655 PhoB-FLAG strains grown in MOPS media with either low phosphate (0.2 mM) or high phosphate (1.32 mM)

We used ChIP-seq to map the binding of of C-terminally FLAG3-tagged PhoB to the Escherichia coli K-12 genome during growth in MOPS minimal media with low phosphate or high phosphate (0.2 mM or 1.32 mM, respectively). As a control, we performed ChIP-seq in an untagged strain. We also used ChIP-seq to map Sigma 70 (associates with initiating RNA polymerase) binding across the E. coli K-12 genome in wild-type, ΔphoB, Δhns, and Δhns ΔphoB strains grown in low phosphate medium to determine whether PhoB modulates recruitment of RNA polymerase to promoters and whether this is modulated by H-NS.