Fig. 4From: Peptide Deformylase (def) is essential in Mycobacterium smegmatis, but the essentiality is compensated by inactivation of methionine formylationA functional fmt is incompatible with a Δfmt/Δdef genotype. mDB224 (Δfmt/Δdef) was electroporated with a control vector (left), control+fmttuberculosis (middle), and control+fmtsmegmatis (right). The picture was taken after 4 days incubation, but plates were kept for 10 days before discarding, not to miss slow-growing mutantBack to article page