Appendages of the Cyanobacterial Cell
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Appendages of Bacteria: Classification and Nomenclature
Appendages of Cyanobacteria
3. Type IV Pili of Cyanobacteria
3.1. The Membrane Complexes
3.2. The Secretion ATPases
3.3. The Pilus Rod
3.4. Distribution of Pili Genes in Cyanobacterial Genomes
4. Function of Type IV Pili
5. Pili Assembled by the Chaperone-Usher Pathway (CU pili)
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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