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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

FimX regulates type IV pilus localization via the Pil-Chp chemosensory system in

Taylor J Ellison, Ian Y Yen, P Lynne Howell, Courtney K Ellison

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Taylor J EllisonDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.ORCID 0000-0003-3259-079X
Ian Y YenProgram in Molecular Medicine, Peter Gilgan Center for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.
P Lynne HowellProgram in Molecular Medicine, Peter Gilgan Center for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2776-062X
Courtney K EllisonDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of physical interactions between bacteria and their surroundingsR35GM150916 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Courtney Kathleen Ellison · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type IV pili (T4P) are widespread dynamic appendages required for diverse prokaryotic behaviors including twitching motility, biofilm formation, and DNA uptake leading to natural transformation. Although the components involved in T4P assembly and dynamics are largely conserved across divergent clades of bacteria, the mechanisms underlying T4P function and regulation differ significantly and remain poorly characterized outside of a select few model organisms. One understudied characteristic of T4P includes the spatial organization of T4P envelope-spanning nanomachines and how organizational patterns contribute to single cell behaviors. The bacterial species

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PMID40475662
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