title: tonB3 is required for normal twitching motility and extracellular assembly of type IV pili.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Bixing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kelin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ru
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Cynthia B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Whitchurch
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mattick
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C057616:tonB protein, Bacteria