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Mahdia Rahman

University of WyomingORCID 0009-0007-1353-4123Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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MicrobiologyJournal of BacteriologyPeer-reviewedAug 12, 2026

Discovery of PilU as a second Type IV pilus retraction motor in Myxococcus xanthus

Mahdia Rahman, Subedi Kalpana, Andrea Harms…·Anke Treuner‐Lange

This paper identifies PilU as a second T4P retraction motor in M. xanthus, showing it is essential for force generation and modulated by calcium and a flexible C-terminal region.

DOI 10.1128/jb.00248-26

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