Structural alterations in a type IV pilus subunit protein result in concurrent defects in multicellular behaviour and adherence to host tissue

The ability of bacteria to establish complex communities on surfaces is believed to require both bacterial–substratum and bacterial–bacterial interactions, and type IV pili appear to play a critical but incompletely defined role in both these processes. Using the human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae...

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