title: Genetic analysis of sliding motility in Mycobacterium smegmatis.
abstract: A screen for nonsliding mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis yielded 20 mutants with transposon insertions in the mps gene, which is involved in glycopeptidolipid biosynthesis. One mutant had an insertion in a gene predicted to encode a membrane transport protein. All mutants lacked glycopeptidolipids and were unable to form biofilms on polyvinyl chloride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Recht
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolter
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020102:Mycobacterium smegmatis / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride