tonB3 Is Required for Normal Twitching Motility and Extracellular Assembly of Type IV Pili

AUTOR(ES)

Huang, Bixing

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Three mutants with Tn5-B21 insertion in tonB3 (PA0406) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibited defective twitching motility and reduced assembly of extracellular pili. These defects could be complemented with wild-type tonB3.

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