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The transformants subsequently exhibited the ability to form pili and social motility.
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Specific antibody to type 1 pili prevented colonization by the piliated organisms.
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Even the erector pili muscle and the sudoriparous gland are often found.
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Type 1 pili are also critical for colonization and infection in the bladder.
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Other studies have provided the molecular basis of host recognition by CU pili.
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S-motility is mediated by extension and retraction of type IV pili.
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They exchanged information through their pili, passed on bits of memory, and compared notes.
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It is associated with type IV pili, and specialized competence pili mediate DNA uptake.
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Bacterial exposure to the inhibitor led to an almost instantaneous loss of type 1 pili.
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This behavior has been observed in several contexts, including sugar metabolism and pili phase variation.
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The coordinated production of type IV pili and antifungal antibiotics has not been observed previously.
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Mutants lacking cell surface structures, namely type IV pili and the S-layer, do not form biofilms.
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The phenotypes of the strain were also in line with the successful production of TCP pili.
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Our hypothesis is that pili mediate interactions between cells and may thereby directly affect biofilm formation.
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P pili are extracellular appendages responsible for the targeting of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the kidney.
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Type IV pili are responsible for a diverse range of functions, including twitching motility and cell adhesion.