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Discovery of a New
mBio, 2020 Neisseria gonorrhoeae relies on type IV pili (T4p) to promote colonization of their human host and to cause the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea.
Linda I. Hu +6 more
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The EMBO Journal, 2014 Type IV pili are long polymers located on the surface of a wide variety of bacterial cells, including the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. They are responsible for a diverse range of functions, including adhesion, motility and natural transformation. In this issue of The EMBO Journal, Imhaus and Duménil show that two minor pilins, PilX and PilV, exert ...
Karuppiah, Vijaykumar +1 more
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Bacteria Use Type IV Pili to Walk Upright and Detach from Surfaces [PDF]
, 2010 1. Department of Bioengineering, California Nano Systems Institute,University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. 2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA. 3.
Conrad, Jacinta C. +5 more
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2011 To investigate the role of type IV pili in the virulence of phytopathogenic bacteria, four mutant strains for pilus biogenesis-related genes were generated in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605. PilA encodes the pilin protein as a major subunit of type
Fumiko Taguchi, Yuki Ichinose
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Pulling Together with Type IV Pili
Microbial Physiology, 2004 Type IV pili are an efficient and versatile device for bacterial surface motility. They are widespread among the β-, γ-, and δ-proteobacteria and the cyanobacteria. Within that diversity, there is a core of conserved proteins that includes the pilin (PilA), the motors PilB and PilT, and various components of pilus biogenesis and assembly, PilC, PilD ...
Eric, Nudleman, Dale, Kaiser
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 The genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) harbors the genetic machinery for assembly of the Fimbrial low-molecular-weight protein (Flp) type IV pilus. Presumably, the Flp pilus is essential for pathogenesis.
Christopher J. Alteri +13 more
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Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function [PDF]
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2008 Type IV pili are filaments on the surfaces of many Gram-negative bacteria that mediate an extraordinary array of functions, including adhesion, motility, microcolony formation and secretion of proteases and colonization factors. Their prominent display on the surfaces of many bacterial pathogens, their vital role in virulence, and their ability to ...
Lisa, Craig, Juliana, Li
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DNA Uptake by Type IV Filaments
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2019 Bacterial uptake of DNA through type IV filaments is an essential component of natural competence in numerous gram-positive and gram-negative species.
Kurt H. Piepenbrink +3 more
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Architecture of the type IVa pilus machine [PDF]
, 2016 Many bacteria, including important pathogens, move by projecting grappling-hook–like extensions called type IV pili from their cell bodies. After these pili attach to other cells or objects in their environment, the bacteria retract the pili to pull ...
Chang, Yi-Wei +5 more
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Ralstonia solanacearum Needs Flp Pili for Virulence on Potato
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2012 Type IV pili are virulence factors in various bacteria. Several subclasses of type IV pili have been described according to the characteristics of the structural prepilin subunit.
Charles K. Wairuri +3 more
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