Type IV Pili: Dynamic Bacterial Nanomachines.

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• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  FEMS Microbiology Reviews

• Publication date

  2021-11-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science

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  DOI 10.1093/femsre/fuab053PMID 34788436
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