The bacterial type IV pilus (T4P) is a versatile molecular machine with a broad range of
functions. Recent advances revealed that the molecular components and the biophysical …

Rod-shaped Myxococcus xanthus cells are polarized with proteins asymmetrically localizing
to specific positions. This spatial organization is important for regulation of motility and cell …

Type IV pili are part of a widespread superfamily of bacterial and archaeal cell surface
structures important for biofilm formation, motility, host adhesion, predation, DNA uptake …

During cell division, newly replicated DNA is actively segregated to the daughter cells. In
most bacteria, this process involves the DNA-binding protein ParB, which condenses the …

Bactofilins are rigid, nonpolar bacterial cytoskeletal filaments that link cellular processes to
specific curvatures of the cytoplasmic membrane. Although homologs of bactofilins have …

Type IVa pili (T4P) are bacterial surface structures that enable motility, adhesion, biofilm
formation and virulence. T4P are assembled by nanomachines that span the bacterial cell …

Type IV pili are ubiquitous bacterial motors that power surface motility. In peritrichously
piliated species, it is unclear how multiple pili are coordinated to generate movement with …

Bacteria are polarized cells with many asymmetrically localized proteins that are regulated
temporally and spatially. This spatiotemporal dynamics is critical for several fundamental …

ABSTRACT Type IV pili (T4P) are ubiquitous bacterial cell surface structures that undergo
cycles of extension, adhesion, and retraction. T4P function depends on a highly conserved …

In bacteria, homologs of actin, tubulin, and intermediate filament proteins often act in concert
with bacteria-specific scaffolding proteins to ensure the proper arrangement of cellular …