type IV pilus biogenesis

id: GO:0043683
name: type IV pilus biogenesis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cellular process that results in the biosynthesis of constituent macromolecules, assembly, and arrangement of constituent parts of a type IV pilus. A type IV pilus is composed of a pilus fiber and approximately ten proteins at its base; type IV pili play a role in cell motility, adherence to substrates, and aggregation.

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