Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria
The bacterial and archaeal cell surface is decorated with filamentous surface structures that are used for different functions, such as motility, DNA exchange and biofilm formation. Viruses hijack these structures and use them to ride to the cell surface for successful entry. In this review, we desc...
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| author | Colin Tittes Sabine Schwarzer Tessa E. F. Quax |
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| description | The bacterial and archaeal cell surface is decorated with filamentous surface structures that are used for different functions, such as motility, DNA exchange and biofilm formation. Viruses hijack these structures and use them to ride to the cell surface for successful entry. In this review, we describe currently known mechanisms for viral attachment, translocation, and entry via filamentous surface structures. We describe the different mechanisms used to exploit various surface structures bacterial and archaeal viruses. This overview highlights the importance of filamentous structures at the cell surface for entry of prokaryotic viruses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ee73f4587c34c73bca57bbeece092fc2025-08-19T22:23:46ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152021-01-0113216410.3390/v13020164Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and BacteriaColin Tittes0Sabine Schwarzer1Tessa E. F. Quax2Archaeal Virus-Host Interactions, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, GermanyArchaeal Virus-Host Interactions, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, GermanyArchaeal Virus-Host Interactions, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, GermanyThe bacterial and archaeal cell surface is decorated with filamentous surface structures that are used for different functions, such as motility, DNA exchange and biofilm formation. Viruses hijack these structures and use them to ride to the cell surface for successful entry. In this review, we describe currently known mechanisms for viral attachment, translocation, and entry via filamentous surface structures. We describe the different mechanisms used to exploit various surface structures bacterial and archaeal viruses. This overview highlights the importance of filamentous structures at the cell surface for entry of prokaryotic viruses.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/2/164archaeal virusphageviral entrypilusflagellumarchaellum |
| spellingShingle | Colin Tittes Sabine Schwarzer Tessa E. F. Quax Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria archaeal virus phage viral entry pilus flagellum archaellum |
| title | Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria |
| title_full | Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria |
| title_fullStr | Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria |
| title_short | Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria |
| title_sort | viral hijack of filamentous surface structures in archaea and bacteria |
| topic | archaeal virus phage viral entry pilus flagellum archaellum |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/2/164 |
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