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GO:0009297: pilus assembly (Biological process)

"The assembly from its constituent parts of a pilus, a short filamentous structure of bacterial cell, flagella-like in structure and generally present in many copies. Pili are variously involved in transfer of nucleic acids, adherence to surfaces, and formation of pellicles. Is required for bacterial conjugation, or can play a role in adherence to surfaces (when it is called a fimbrium), and in the formation of pellicles." [GOC:dgh, GOC:mcc2, GOC:tb]


There are 520 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_5 Klebsiella pneumoniae 1.83 % 0.001586 0.0209
Cluster_58 Klebsiella pneumoniae 12.5 % 0.01239 0.026844
Cluster_108 Pseudomonas aeruginosa 25.0 % 0.002455 0.021279
Cluster_25 Salmonella enterica 3.96 % 6.7e-05 0.00175
Sequences (520) (download table)

Info: GO-associations disabled for items with more than 300 associated sequences !
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