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The mating pilus of
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- Divergent mechanisms of active antibiotic resistance gene enrichment in soil driven by pesticide diversity.Nature communications · 2026Article
- TraN variants mediate conjugation species specificity of IncA/C, IncH, andJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- H pilin cyclisation and pilus biogenesis are promiscuous but electrostatic perturbations impair conjugation efficiency.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Type IV secretion systems: reconciling diversity through a unified nomenclature.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- H pilin cyclisation and pilus biogenesis are promiscuous but electrostatic perturbations impair conjugation efficiency.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Donor strand complementation and calcium ion coordination drive the chaperone-free polymerization of archaeal cannulae.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The extended mobility of plasmids.Nucleic acids research · 2025Review
- Cryo-EM structure of the conjugation H-pilus reveals the cyclic nature of the TrhA pilin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Cryo-EM structure and evolutionary history of the conjugation surface exclusion protein TraT.Nature communications · 2025Article
- ThemicroLife · 2025Review
- Chimeric systems composed of swapped Tra subunits between distantly-related F plasmids reveal striking plasticity among type IV secretion machines.PLoS genetics · 2024Article
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Abstract
importanceBacteria are constantly exchanging DNA, which constitutes horizontal gene transfer. While some of these occurs by a non-specific process called natural transformation, some occurs by a specific mating between a donor and a recipient cell. In specific conjugation, the mating pilus is extended from the donor cell to make contact with the recipient cell, but whether DNA is actually transferred through this pilus or by another mechanism involving the type IV secretion system complex without the pilus has been an open question. Using
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