Twitching motility suppressors reveal a role for FimX in type IV pilus extension dynamics

• Nathan Roberge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Nathan Yuen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5472-3023

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• Hanjeong Harvey,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Taylor J. Ellison,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Courtney K. Ellison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-079X

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• Lori L. Burrows

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lori.burrows@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-5040

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