The surfaces of many bacteria are decorated with long, exquisitely thin appendages called
type IV pili (T4P), dynamic filaments that are rapidly polymerized and depolymerized from a …

Type IV pili are versatile and highly flexible fibers formed on the surface of many Gram-
negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Virulence and infection rate of several pathogenic …

Type IV pili are hair-like bacterial surface appendages that play a role in diverse processes
such as cellular adhesion, colonization, twitching motility, biofilm formation, and horizontal …

Bacterial uptake of DNA through type IV filaments is an essential component of natural
competence in numerous gram-positive and gram-negative species. Recent advances in the …

Neisseria meningitidis utilizes type IV pili (T4P) to adhere to and colonize host endothelial
cells, a process at the heart of meningococcal invasive diseases leading to meningitis and …

Type IV pilus (T4P) systems are complex molecular machines that polymerize major pilin
proteins into thin filaments displayed on bacterial surfaces. Pilus functions require rapid …

Surface pili (or fimbriae) are an important but conspicuous adaptation of several genera and
species of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. These long and non-flagellar multi …

Abstract Type IV pili (T4P) are filamentous appendages found on many Bacteria and
Archaea. They are helical fibres of pilin proteins assembled by a multi-component …

Type IV pili (T4P) are functionally versatile filamentous nanomachines, nearly ubiquitous in
prokaryotes. They are predominantly polymers of one major pilin but also contain minor …

Natural competence is the term used to describe the uptake of “naked” extracellular DNA by
bacteria; it plays a significant role in horizontal genetic exchange. It is associated with type …