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Courtney Ellison
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Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia studying bacterial cell biology 🔬🧫🏳️‍🌈
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Courtney Ellison @ckellison.bsky.social · May 22
Excited to share the newest preprint from the lab for my first post! Driven by @tayellisonwrites.bsky.social and @ianyyen.bsky.social with Lynne Howell we show the protein FimX has diverged in function away from regulating pilus extension to instead regulate pilus localization in A. baylyi
FimX regulates type IV pilus localization via the Pil-Chp chemosensory system in Acinetobacter baylyi
Type IV pili (T4P) are widespread dynamic appendages required for diverse prokaryotic behaviors including twitching motility, biofilm formation, and DNA uptake leading to natural transformation. Altho...
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Courtney Ellison @ckellison.bsky.social · May 22
Old 😂😂 feels like it was only a couple years ago
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Courtney Ellison @ckellison.bsky.social · May 21
10 years?! 😱
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