About the Authors
- Patricia Reed
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Magda L. Atilano
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Affiliations Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surface and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Genes and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Renato Alves
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Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- Egbert Hoiczyk
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Affiliations W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The University of Sheffield, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Xinwei Sher
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories IT, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nathalie T. Reichmann
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Pedro M. Pereira
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Terry Roemer
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America
- Sérgio R. Filipe
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surface and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- José B. Pereira-Leal
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Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- Petros Ligoxygakis
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Affiliation Laboratory of Genes and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Mariana G. Pinho
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* E-mail: mgpinho@itqb.unl.pt
Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
Competing Interests
TR and XS are current or past employees of Merck as stated in the affiliations and potentially own stock and/or hold stock options in the company. Other authors have no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PR TR SRF JBPL PL MGP. Performed the experiments: PR MLA RA EH XS NTR PMP. Analyzed the data: PR MLA RA EH XS TR SRF JBPL PL MGP. Wrote the paper: PR MLA EH TR SRF JBPL PL MGP.