The evolution of the type VI secretion system as a disintegration weapon

• William P. J. Smith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William P. J. Smith, Andrea Vettiger

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9270-7614

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• Andrea Vettiger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: William P. J. Smith, Andrea Vettiger

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1245-0987

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• Julius Winter,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-1330

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• Till Ryser,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5911-3542

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• Laurie E. Comstock,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Marek Basler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marek.basler@unibas.ch (MB); kevin.foster@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KRF)

  Affiliation Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Kevin R. Foster

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marek.basler@unibas.ch (MB); kevin.foster@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KRF)

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-6633

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