Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42029019›Full record

ArticlemBio2026

Major type IV pilin of

Armando Barajas, Joshua Mayoral, Nicholas P Cianciotto

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Article in mBio, 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

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Armando BarajasDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Joshua MayoralDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0859-2226
Nicholas P CianciottoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9572-8322

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008061 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CARTHEW, RICHARD W. · 1985 to 2022
$17.1M
Deciphering how the Cas2 ribonuclease non-canonically controls Legionella pneumophila thermal tolerance and virulenceR21AI185007 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CIANCIOTTO, NICHOLAS P · 2024 to 2025
$440k
Rethinking Legionella pneumophila type IV pili and their roles in intracellular infectionR21AI173514 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CIANCIOTTO, NICHOLAS P · 2023 to 2024
$421k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI173514NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI185007NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified a locus within the genome of IMPORTANCE:

Indexed as

Fimbriae, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsIronLegionella pneumophilaFimbriae ProteinsIronautoaggregationbiofilm formationiron acquisitionL. pneumophilamajor pilintransformation competencetype IV pili

Identifiers

PMID42029019
PMCPMC13170364

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