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Type IV pilus of Myxococcus xanthus is a motility apparatus controlled by the frz chemosensory system

Hong Sun, David R. Zusman, Wenyuan Shi

Current Biology · 2000 · 251 citations · 13 references

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Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility

M. Silverman, Melvin I. Simon · Nature · 1974 · 730 citations

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Social gliding is correlated with the presence of pili in Myxococcus xanthus.

D Kaiser · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 573 citations · Full text

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Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales): Two gene systems control movement

Jonathan Hodgkin, Dale Kaiser · Molecular and General Genetics MGG · 1979 · 430 citations

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A function of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> PAO polar pili: twitching motility

Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 1980 · 317 citations

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"Frizzy" genes of Myxococcus xanthus are involved in control of frequency of reversal of gliding motility.

B D Blackhart, David R. Zusman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1985 · 264 citations · Full text

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