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This process relies on numerous proteins, including the DUS-specific receptor ComP, which assemble retractile protein filaments termed type IV pili (T4P) extending from the cell surface, and one model for neisserial DNA uptake proposes that these filaments bind DNA in a DUS-dependent manner before retracting to transport DNA into the periplasm. However, conflicting evidence indicates that elongated pilus filaments may not have such a direct role in DNA binding uptake as this model suggests. Here, we quantitatively measured DNA binding to gonococcal T4P fibres by directly visualizing binding complexes with confocal fluorescence microscopy in order to confirm the sequence-specific, comP-dependent DNA binding capacity of elongated T4P fibres. 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