The Type IVa Pilus Machinery Is Recruited to Sites of Future Cell Division

The Type IVa Pilus Machinery Is Recruited to Sites of Future Cell Division

ABSTRACT Type IVa pili (T4aP) are ubiquitous microbial appendages used for adherence, twitching motility, DNA uptake, and electron transfer. Many of these functions depend on dynamic assembly and disassembly of the pilus by a megadalton-sized, cell envelope-spanning protein complex located at the po...

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Main Authors: Tyson Carter, Ryan N. C. Buensuceso, Stephanie Tammam, Ryan P. Lamers, Hanjeong Harvey, P. Lynne Howell, Lori L. Burrows
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02103-16

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02103-16

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