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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

A broad-spectrum phage-encoded mechanism to disarm bacterial type IV filaments.

Nathan Roberge, Paankhi Dave, Véronique Taylor, Taylor J Ellison, Callum Myers, Courtney K Ellison, Karen L Maxwell, Lori L Burrows

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. 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

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nathan RobergeDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S4K1.ORCID 0009-0008-3195-7565
Paankhi DaveDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S4K1.
Véronique TaylorDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1M1.ORCID 0000-0002-2310-9311
Taylor J EllisonDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602.ORCID 0009-0003-1021-3202
Callum MyersDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1M1.
Courtney K EllisonDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602.ORCID 0000-0003-3259-079X
Karen L MaxwellDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1M1.ORCID 0000-0002-0211-5480
Lori L BurrowsDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S4K1.ORCID 0000-0003-0838-5040

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

Phages can modify host cell physiology to thwart competitors. The

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PMID41959331
PMCPMC13060843

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