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pilus assembly

Known as: pilus formation, pili biosynthetic process, pilus biogenesis 
The assembly of a pilus, a short filamentous structure on a bacterial cell, flagella-like in structure and generally present in many copies. Pili are… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Dual Role for Pilus in Adherence to Epithelial Cells and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus agalactiae is a common human commensal and a major life-threatening pathogen in neonates. Adherence to host… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Fiber Formation across the Bacterial Outer Membrane by the Chaperone/Usher Pathway
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Type IV pilus structure by cryo-electron microscopy and crystallography: implications for pilus assembly and functions.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Pilus formation and protein secretion by the same machinery in Escherichia coli
The secreton (type II secretion) and type IV pilus biogenesis branches of the general secretory pathway in Gram‐negative bacteria… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The Global Carbon Metabolism Regulator Crc Is a Component of a Signal Transduction Pathway Required for Biofilm Development by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ABSTRACT The transition from a planktonic (free-swimming) existence to growth attached to a surface in a biofilm occurs in… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Structural basis of chaperone function and pilus biogenesis.
Many Gram-negative pathogens assemble architecturally and functionally diverse adhesive pili on their surfaces by the chaperone… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
X-ray structure of the FimC-FimH chaperone-adhesin complex from uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Type 1 pili-adhesive fibers expressed in most members of the Enterobacteriaceae family-mediate binding to mannose receptors on… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Genetic evidence of a coupling role for the TraG protein family in bacterial conjugation
Abstract The ability of conjugative plasmids from six different incompatibility groups to mobilize a set of mobilizable plasmids… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Common mechanisms in bacterial conjugation and Ti-mediated T-DNA transfer to plant cells
Review
1993
Review
1993
The sigma 54 bacterial enhancer-binding protein family: mechanism of action and phylogenetic relationship of their functional domains
Because of their ability to stimulate gene expression from distant sites and regardless of their orientation, transcriptional… 
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