… Transformation is a widespread mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. DNA
uptake to the periplasmic compartment requires a DNA-uptake pilus and the DNA-binding …

… in the literature describing DNA binding by … DNA uptake for these three appendage
systems and describe the current mechanistic understanding of both DNA-binding and DNA-uptake …

… assisting in adhesion, as well as protein loops, DNA polysaccharides present in EPS, and
patches of lipoteichoic acid that act as bonds to assist in bacterial adhesion to a surface [2,36]. …

… , DNA uptake, surface sensing and adhesion 2,3 . Consequently, T4P are critical virulence
factors for numerous important human pathogens including Vibrio cholerae, which causes the …

… in Bacteria and Archaea—the type IV filament (TFF) superfamily—that diversified in systems
involved in flagellar or twitching motility, adhesion, protein secretion, and DNA uptake. The …

… have different mechanisms in place to sense the adhesion of pili, leading to altered gene …
adhesion to the surface but also transmit signals that allow bacteria to respond to this adhesion…

… , non-bacterial cells, or other bacteria. Bacterium-bacterium adhesion of genetically identical
… organelles involved in autoaggregation are the Vibrio cholerae DNA-uptake pili [15], curli […

… system exerts novel functions beyond its established role in defence against foreign DNA. …
an operon that codes for an iron-uptake system as well as the topoisomerase IV subunit A …

… Bacterial adhesion to the skin and mucosa is often a fundamental and early step … bacterial
infections, and pathology. This process is facilitated by adhesins on the surface of the bacterial …

… eDNA promotes bacterial surface adhesion by modifying electrostatic and hydrophobic
interactions between bacterium and surface (Busscher et al. 2008; Das et al. 2010). Elegant …