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ArticlemBio2025

Multi-functional minor pilins coordinate type IV pilus assembly, adherence, motility, and DNA uptake in the pediatric pathogen

Taylor A Yount, Eric A Porsch, Joseph W St Geme

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Article in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Taylor A YountChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4652-4956
Eric A PorschChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1451-358X
Joseph W St GemeChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6787-9510

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Pathogenicity of the emerging pathogen Kingella kingaeR01AI172841 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Joseph W. St. Geme · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
Training in Microbial Pathogenesis and GenomicsT32AI141393 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GOULIAN, MARK D, ZHU, JUN · 2019 to 2023
$1.3M
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1R01AI172841National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5T32AI141393NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172841NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI141393NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type IV pili (T4P) are dynamic surface appendages that mediate adherence, motility, and DNA uptake in

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionDNA, BacterialFimbriae, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsKingella kingaeHumansLocomotionNeisseriaceae InfectionsOperonDNA, BacterialFimbriae Proteinsadherenceminor pilinsnatural competencetwitching motilitytype IV pili

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PMID41081385
PMCPMC12607826

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