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The major subunit of widespread competence pili exhibits a novel and conserved type IV pilin fold

2020-02-13

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Type IV filaments (T4F), which are helical assemblies of type IV pilins, constitute a superfamily of filamentous nanomachines virtually ubiquitous in prokaryotes that mediate a wide variety of functions. The competence (Com) pilus is a widespread T4F, mediating DNA uptake (the first step in natural transformation) in bacteria with one membrane (monoderms), an important mechanism of horizontal gene transfer. Here,...

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Literature Corpus work: cbf59e14-44dd-5b5f-a853-d8909a9f5b62
DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.12.945410

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