Pilin antigenic variants impact gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance by modulating interbacterial forces

• Isabelle Wielert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isabelle Wielert, Sebastian Kraus-Römer

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

  Affiliations Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Sebastian Kraus-Römer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isabelle Wielert, Sebastian Kraus-Römer

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

  Affiliations Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Thorsten E. Volkmann,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Lisa Craig,

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

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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• Paul G. Higgins,

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

  Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Berenike Maier

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: berenike.maier@uni-koeln.de

  Affiliations Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-9927

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