Protease-associated import systems are widespread in Gram-negative bacteria

• Rhys Grinter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhys.grinter@monash.edu (RG); trevor.lithgow@monash.edu (TL)

  Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-5348

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• Pok Man Leung,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-827X

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• Lakshmi C. Wijeyewickrema,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-4887

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• Dene Littler,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5904-1905

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• Simone Beckham,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, La Trobe Rural Health School, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

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• Robert N. Pike,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Daniel Walker,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Chris Greening,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Trevor Lithgow

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

  * E-mail: rhys.grinter@monash.edu (RG); trevor.lithgow@monash.edu (TL)

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-7884

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