A bistable prokaryotic differentiation system underlying development of conjugative transfer competence

• Sandra Sulser ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ should both be considered first author

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-3110

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• Andrea Vucicevic ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ should both be considered first author

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0295-2358

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• Veronica Bellini,

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

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Roxane Moritz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• François Delavat,

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

  Current address: Nantes Université, CNRS, US2B, UMR6286, Nantes, France

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-4583

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• Vladimir Sentchilo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Nicolas Carraro,

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

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6364-547X

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• Jan Roelof van der Meer

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

  * E-mail: Janroelof.vandermeer@unil.ch

  Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1485-3082

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