FIG 3.

Polymorphisms in the hrpA3 gene detected in seven independent suppressors of the Δefp and ΔepmB small-colony phenotype. Δefp^L1 to Δefp^L6 are from six independent Δefp suppressors; ΔepmB^L1 is from a ΔempB suppressor. For the frameshift mutations, alterations to the predicted protein product of the hrpA3 gene are indicated as the position of the first altered amino acid, along with the length of additional, aberrant amino acids produced by the frameshift. N and C indicate the amino and carboxy termini, respectively, of the HrpA3 protein.