Evidence that a modified type IV pilus-like system powers gliding motility and polysaccharide secretion in filamentous cyanobacteria

PilB localization correlates with the direction of twitching motility in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2015) Nils Schuergers et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Genetic Analysis Reveals the Identity of the Photoreceptor for Phototaxis in Hormogonium Filaments of Nostoc punctiforme

(2014) Elsie L. Campbell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genetic characterization of thehmplocus, a chemotaxis-like gene cluster that regulates hormogonium development and motility inNostoc punctiforme

(2014) Douglas D. Risser et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Type IV Pili in Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2013) S. Melville et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

In-Situ Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Gliding or Non-Motile Bacteria by Atomic Force Microscopy under Physiological Conditions without Immobilization

(2013) Samia Dhahri et al.   PLoS One

Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

(2013) P. M. Shih et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type IV Pilin Proteins: Versatile Molecular Modules

(2012) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Comparative transcriptomics with a motility-deficient mutant leads to identification of a novel polysaccharide secretion system inNostoc punctiforme

(2012) Douglas D. Risser et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biased inheritance of the protein PatN frees vegetative cells to initiate patterned heterocyst differentiation

(2012) D. D. Risser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system

(2011) V. M. Markowitz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Undirected motility of filamentous cyanobacteria produces reticulate mats

(2010) R. N. SHEPARD et al.   Geobiology

Regulation of the type IV pili molecular machine by dynamic localization of two motor proteins

(2009) Iryna Bulyha et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic and cytological evidence that heterocyst patterning is regulated by inhibitor gradients that promote activator decay

(2009) D. D. Risser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The surprisingly diverse ways that prokaryotes move

(2008) Ken F. Jarrell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY