Activation of ChvG-ChvI regulon by cell wall stress confers resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and initiates surface spreading in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

• Michelle A. Williams ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle A. Williams, Jacob M. Bouchier

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

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Jacob M. Bouchier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle A. Williams, Jacob M. Bouchier

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

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Amara K. Mason,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Pamela J. B. Brown

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

  * E-mail: brownpb@missouri.edu

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-7155

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