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A force-dependent switch reverses type IV pilus retraction ⬇️

scholarly article

Bacterial Translocation Ratchets: Shared Physical Principles with Different Molecular Implementations: How bacterial secretion systems bias Brownian motion for efficient translocation of macromolecules

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Bacterial translocation motors investigated by single molecule techniques

scientific article published on 24 February 2009

Bacterial twitching motility is coordinated by a two-dimensional tug-of-war with directional memory

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

Basal expression rate of comK sets a 'switching-window' into the K-state of Bacillus subtilis

scientific article

Composite system mediates two-step DNA uptake into Helicobacter pylori

scientific article

Concerted spatio-temporal dynamics of imported DNA and ComE DNA uptake protein during gonococcal transformation

scientific article

DNA transport into Bacillus subtilis requires proton motive force to generate large molecular forces

scientific article

Density-Dependent Differentiation of Bacteria in Spatially Structured Open Systems

scientific article published on April 2016

Differential interaction forces govern bacterial sorting in early biofilms.

scientific article

Dynamics of gonococcal type IV pili during infection

scientific article published on July 2009

Dynamics of type IV pili is controlled by switching between multiple states

scientific article

Fitness Trade-Offs in Competence Differentiation of Bacillus subtilis

scientific article

Full 3D translational and rotational optical control of multiple rod-shaped bacteria

scientific article

Functional analyses of pilin-like proteins from Francisella tularensis: complementation of type IV pilus phenotypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

scientific article published on 7 May 2009

Gene Transfer Efficiency in Gonococcal Biofilms: Role of Biofilm Age, Architecture, and Pilin Antigenic Variation.

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

High-force generation is a conserved property of type IV pilus systems

scientific article

How Bacteria Use Type IV Pili Machinery on Surfaces

scientific article

Kinetics of DNA uptake during transformation provide evidence for a translocation ratchet mechanism

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Kinetics of genetic switching into the state of bacterial competence.

scientific article published on February 2009

Molecular Motors Govern Liquidlike Ordering and Fusion Dynamics of Bacterial Colonies

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Molecular motors for DNA translocation in prokaryotes

scientific article

Motor properties of PilT-independent type 4 pilus retraction in gonococci

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Mutations targeting the plug-domain of the Shewanella oneidensis proton-driven stator allow swimming at increased viscosity and under anaerobic conditions

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Oxygen depletion triggers switching between discrete speed modes of gonococcal type IV pili

scientific article (publication date: 6 June 2012)

Oxygen governs gonococcal microcolony stability by enhancing the interaction force between type IV pili

scientific article published on 20 April 2015

Phase and antigenic variation govern competition dynamics through positioning in bacterial colonies.

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Photoactive hybrid nanomaterial for targeting, labeling, and killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

scientific article

PilT2 enhances the speed of gonococcal type IV pilus retraction and of twitching motility

scientific article

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV pilus expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: effects of pilin subunit composition on function and organelle dynamics.

scientific article

Rapid cytoskeletal response of epithelial cells to force generation by type IV pili

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

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

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Role of Cyclic Di-GMP and Exopolysaccharide in Type IV Pilus Dynamics

scientific article

Seminal plasma initiates a Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission state

scientific article

Single pilus motor forces exceed 100 pN.

scientific article

Single-Stranded DNA Uptake during Gonococcal Transformation

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Speed switching of gonococcal surface motility correlates with proton motive force

scientific article

Stochastic switching to competence.

scientific article

Three-dimensional obstacles for bacterial surface motility

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Transformation proteins and DNA uptake localize to the cell poles in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on July 2005

Type IV Pilin Post-Translational Modifications Modulate Material Properties of Bacterial Colonies

Type IV pili: dynamics, biophysics and functional consequences

article

Using laser tweezers to measure twitching motility in Neisseria

scientific article published in June 2005

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