Figure 3. Tob55 cannot rescue E. coli cells depleted for BamA.

E. coli wildtype cells harboring the plasmid for AHTC-inducible expression of the indicated constructs (open circles), and E. coli BamA-depleted strain grown under non-permissive conditions harboring either a plasmid for inducible expression of the indicated constructs (filled triangles) or an empty vector as control (asterisks) were grown in liquid culture and the OD₆₀₀ was monitored over time. Sharp drops in the OD₆₀₀ of the various strains indicate the time points when the growing cells were diluted into fresh medium. A letter code of the relevant variant and its scheme are shown above each experiment.