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type IV pilus

Known as: TFP, type 4 pilus, type IV fimbriae 
A short filamentous structure on the surface of a bacterial cell distinguished from other pili by post-translational N-methylation of the pilin… 
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Global Dissemination of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: Epidemiology, Genetic Context, Treatment Options, and Detection Methods
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative pathogens poses a serious threat to public health worldwide. In particular… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
The Role of Epidemic Resistance Plasmids and International High-Risk Clones in the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
SUMMARY Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) and Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 emerged in the 2000s as important human… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Policy Distortions and Aggregate Productivity with Heterogeneous Plants
We formulate a version of the growth model in which production is carried out by heterogeneous plants and calibrate it to US data… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Type IV pilus structure and bacterial pathogenicity
Type IV pili are remarkably strong, flexible filaments with varied roles in bacterial pathogenicity. All Gram-negative bacterial… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Exporting and Productivity in the USA
Exporting is often touted as a way to increase economic growth. This paper examines the interaction between exporting and… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Pilus retraction powers bacterial twitching motility
Twitching and social gliding motility allow many Gram negative bacteria to crawl along surfaces, and are implicated in a wide… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Type IV pili and cell motility
Type IV pili (Tfp) mediate the movement of bacteria over surfaces without the use of flagella. These movements are known as… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A bacteriophage encoding a pathogenicity island, a type-IV pilus and a phage receptor in cholera bacteria
The virulence properties of many pathogenic bacteria are due to proteins encoded by large gene clusters called pathogenicity… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Structure-function and biogenesis of the type IV pili.
Type IV pili are adhesins expressed by a number of diverse gram-negative microorganisms. These pili are related through… 
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