Getting a hold on archaeal type IV pili: an expanding repertoire of cellular appendages implicates complex regulation and diverse functions

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Scott Chimileski et al. Front Microbiol. 2015.

. 2015 May 5:6:362.

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00362. eCollection 2015.

¹ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA.

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Keywords: archaeal biofilm formation; archaellum; haloarchaea; microbial cell-to-cell interactions; surface adhesion; type IV pili.

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Novel pili-like surface structures of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 are crucial for surface adhesion.
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