A comprehensive guide to pilus biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 365 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.40 Authors: Manuela K. Hospenthal, Tiago R. D. Costa & Gabriel Waksman Pili are crucial virulence factors for many Gram-negative pathogens. These surface structures provide bacteria with a link to their external environments by enabling them to interact with, and attach to, host cells, other surfaces or each other, or by providing a conduit for secretion. Recent
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