Courtney Ellison

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University of Georgia

United States

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Courtney Ellison is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, USA. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of bacterial surface sensing, type IV pili dynamics, and the implications of microbial physiology for exoplanet habitability. Recent articles authored by Dr. Ellison explore topics such as bacterial transformation processes and the regulation of pilus synthesis in various microorganisms.

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

UNITED STATES

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Articles (11)

Stimulation of the Caulobacter crescentus surface sensing pathway by deletion of a specialized minor pilin-like gene

FimX regulates type IV pilus localization via the Pil–Chp chemosensory system in Acinetobacter baylyi

Improved DNA binding to a type IV minor pilin increases natural transformation

A New Definition of Exoplanet Habitability: Introducing the Photosynthetic Habitable Zone

Subcellular localization of type IV pili regulates bacterial multicellular development.

Type IV Pili: dynamic bacterial nanomachines

Acinetobacter baylyi regulates type IV pilus synthesis by employing two extension motors and a motor protein inhibitor.

Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa detachment from surfaces via a self-made small molecule

c-di-GMP modulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction and surface attachment in Vibrio cholerae

Surface sensing stimulates cellular differentiation in Caulobacter crescentus

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Ankur Dalia

Mohamed Donia

Shiwei Zhu

Cassandra Hall

Matthias Koch

Kyle Floyd

Benjamin Bratton

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