Gene Review:
pilA - type 4 fimbrial PilA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
- Pseudomonas stutzeri has two closely related pilA genes (Type IV pilus structural protein) with opposite influences on natural genetic transformation. Graupner, S., Wackernagel, W. J. Bacteriol. (2001)
- Characterization of type IV pilus genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Roine, E., Raineri, D.M., Romantschuk, M., Wilson, M., Nunn, D.N. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (1998)
- Mapping of export signals of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pilin with alkaline phosphatase fusions. Strom, M.S., Lory, S. J. Bacteriol. (1987)
- The impact of quorum sensing and swarming motility on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation is nutritionally conditional. Shrout, J.D., Chopp, D.L., Just, C.L., Hentzer, M., Givskov, M., Parsek, M.R. Mol. Microbiol. (2006)
- Interactions of the components of the general secretion pathway: role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilin subunits in complex formation and extracellular protein secretion. Lu, H.M., Motley, S.T., Lory, S. Mol. Microbiol. (1997)
- Genetic and functional evidence that Type IV pili are required for social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus. Wu, S.S., Kaiser, D. Mol. Microbiol. (1995)
- Characterization of a gene, pilU, required for twitching motility but not phage sensitivity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Whitchurch, C.B., Mattick, J.S. Mol. Microbiol. (1994)
- PilS and PilR, a two-component transcriptional regulatory system controlling expression of type 4 fimbriae in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Hobbs, M., Collie, E.S., Free, P.D., Livingston, S.P., Mattick, J.S. Mol. Microbiol. (1993)
- Comparison of type IV-pilin genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa of various habitats has uncovered a novel unusual sequence. Spangenberg, C., Fislage, R., Sierralta, W., Tümmler, B., Römling, U. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1995)
- Surface plasmon resonance shows that type IV pili are important in surface attachment by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Jenkins, A.T., Buckling, A., McGhee, M., ffrench-Constant, R.H. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface [electronic resource] / the Royal Society. (2005)
- A Vibrio vulnificus type IV pilin contributes to biofilm formation, adherence to epithelial cells, and virulence. Paranjpye, R.N., Strom, M.S. Infect. Immun. (2005)
- Genetic and functional characterization of the gene cluster specifying expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pili. Koga, T., Ishimoto, K., Lory, S. Infect. Immun. (1993)
- Characterization of nutrient-induced dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm. Sauer, K., Cullen, M.C., Rickard, A.H., Zeef, L.A., Davies, D.G., Gilbert, P. J. Bacteriol. (2004)
- Twitching motility contributes to the role of pili in corneal infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Zolfaghar, I., Evans, D.J., Fleiszig, S.M. Infect. Immun. (2003)
- Kinetics and sequence specificity of processing of prepilin by PilD, the type IV leader peptidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Strom, M.S., Lory, S. J. Bacteriol. (1992)
- Type IV pilus genes pilA and pilC of Pseudomonas stutzeri are required for natural genetic transformation, and pilA can be replaced by corresponding genes from nontransformable species. Graupner, S., Frey, V., Hashemi, R., Lorenz, M.G., Brandes, G., Wackernagel, W. J. Bacteriol. (2000)
- Localization of the virulence-associated genes pilA, pilR, rpoN, fliA, fliC, ent, and fbp on the physical map of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by pulsed-field electrophoresis. Farinha, M.A., Ronald, S.L., Kropinski, A.M., Paranchych, W. Infect. Immun. (1993)
- Molecular genetic analysis of type-4 pilus biogenesis and twitching motility using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a model system--a review. Darzins, A., Russell, M.A. Gene (1997)
- pilO, a gene required for glycosylation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 pilin. Castric, P. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1995)
- Monitoring genome evolution ex vivo: reversible chromosomal integration of a 106 kb plasmid at two tRNA(Lys) gene loci in sequential Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway isolates. Kiewitz, C., Larbig, K., Klockgether, J., Weinel, C., Tümmler, B. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2000)