passages.id: split_8_test_2987_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: The effects of GerE on cotD and sigK transcription are just the opposite of the effects exerted by the earlier - appearing , mother-cell regulatory protein spoIIID , suggesting that the ordered appearance of first SpoIIID , then GerE , ensures proper flow of the regulatory cascade controlling gene expression in the mother cell .