Uptake of extracellular DNA: Competence induced pili in natural transformation ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

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Peptidoglycan-binding protein TsaP functions in surface assembly of type IV pili

(2014) K. Siewering et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Secretion of a pneumococcal type II secretion system pilus correlates with DNA uptake during transformation

(2014) M. Balaban et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacillus subtilisDprA Recruits RecA onto Single-stranded DNA and Mediates Annealing of Complementary Strands Coated by SsbB and SsbA

(2013) Tribhuwan Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Type IV Pili in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Complex formation and processing of the minor transformation pilins ofBacillus subtilis

(2013) Jessica M. Mann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Speed Switching of Gonococcal Surface Motility Correlates with Proton Motive Force

(2013) Rainer Kurre et al.   PLoS One

DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae

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

Direct involvement of DprA, the transformation-dedicated RecA loader, in the shut-off of pneumococcal competence

(2013) Nicolas Mirouze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specific DNA recognition mediated by a type IV pilin

(2013) A. Cehovin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The type II secretion system – a dynamic fiber assembly nanomachine

(2013) Manuel Campos et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Midcell Recruitment of the DNA Uptake and Virulence Nuclease, EndA, for Pneumococcal Transformation

(2013) Matthieu J. Bergé et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Raphaël Laurenceau et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Programmed Protection of Foreign DNA from Restriction Allows Pathogenicity Island Exchange during Pneumococcal Transformation

(2013) Calum Johnston et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Oxygen Depletion Triggers Switching between Discrete Speed Modes of Gonococcal Type IV Pili

(2012) Rainer Kurre et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Biological Roles of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Type IV Pilus Proteins Encoded by the pil and com Operons

(2012) M. D. Carruthers et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of ComEA in DNA uptake during transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis

(2012) Masaomi Takeno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

On the path to uncover the bacterial type II secretion system

(2012) B. Douzi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structure-function analysis of pneumococcal DprA protein reveals that dimerization is crucial for loading RecA recombinase onto DNA during transformation

(2012) S. Quevillon-Cheruel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Minor pseudopilin self-assembly primes type II secretion pseudopilus elongation

(2011) David A Cisneros et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Maintaining network security: how macromolecular structures cross the peptidoglycan layer

(2011) Edie M. Scheurwater et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Role of ComFA in controlling the DNA uptake rate during transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Masaomi Takeno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

The secretion ATPase ComGA is required for the binding and transport of transforming DNA

(2011) Kenneth Briley Jr et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Maf acts downstream of ComGA to arrest cell division in competent cells of B. subtilis

(2011) Kenneth Briley Jr et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

(2011) Laetitia Attaiech et al.   PLoS Genetics

Architecture of the type II secretion and type IV pilus machineries

(2010) Melissa Ayers et al.   Future Microbiology

The Peptidoglycan-Binding Protein FimV Promotes Assembly of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

(2010) H. Wehbi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Minor Pilins Are Incorporated into Type IV Pili

(2010) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ExeA binds to peptidoglycan and forms a multimer for assembly of the type II secretion apparatus in Aeromonas hydrophila

(2010) Gang Li et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide

(2010) Vegard Eldholm et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Detailed structural and assembly model of the type II secretion pilus from sparse data

(2010) M. Campos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Episodic Selection and the Maintenance of Competence and Natural Transformation in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) P. J. Johnsen et al.   GENETICS

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

(2009) V. Eldholm et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function

(2008) Lisa Craig et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Type IV pili: e pluribus unum?

(2008) Vladimir Pelicic   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Vibrio cholerae Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Structure Analyzed by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry

(2008) Juliana Li et al.   STRUCTURE