Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

Laetitia Attaiech; Audrey Olivier; Isabelle Mortier-Barrière; Anne-Lise Soulet; Chantal Granadel; Bernard Martin; Patrice Polard; Jean-Pierre Claverys

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002156

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Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

Laetitia Attaiech ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Laetitia Attaiech, Audrey Olivier, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Audrey Olivier ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Laetitia Attaiech, Audrey Olivier, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Isabelle Mortier-Barrière ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Laetitia Attaiech, Audrey Olivier, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Anne-Lise Soulet,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Chantal Granadel,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Bernard Martin,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Patrice Polard,

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Jean-Pierre Claverys

* E-mail: claverys@biotoul.fr

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

Laetitia Attaiech,
Audrey Olivier,
Isabelle Mortier-Barrière,
Anne-Lise Soulet,
Chantal Granadel,
Bernard Martin,
Patrice Polard,
Jean-Pierre Claverys

Published: June 30, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002156

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