Mutational analysis of geopilin function in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Geobacter sulfurreducens possesses type IV pili that are considered to be conductive nanowires and a crucial structural element in biofilm formation, enabling electron transfer to insoluble metal oxides in anaerobic sediments and to graphite anodes in microbial fuel cells. The molecular mechanism by...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2011
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3465075 |