AmiGO 2: Term Details for "pilus assembly" (GO:0009297)

Accession: GO:0009297
Name: pilus assembly
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: pilus formation, fimbria biogenesis, fimbriae biogenesis, fimbrium biogenesis, pilus biogenesis, fimbria assembly, fimbriae assembly, fimbrial assembly, fimbrium assembly
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: 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. Source: GOC:tb, GOC:mcc2, GOC:dgh
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0009297 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to pilus assembly (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to pilus assembly (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for pilus assembly (excluding "regulates").

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