Chimeric systems composed of swapped Tra subunits between distantly-related F plasmids reveal striking plasticity among type IV secretion machines

• Kouhei Kishida,

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

  Current address: Kouhei Kishida, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4895-9535

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• Yang Grace Li,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4870-5838

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• Natsumi Ogawa-Kishida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Natsumi Ogawa-Kishida, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0093-345X

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• Pratick Khara,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Abu Amar M. Al Mamun,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Rachel E. Bosserman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Rachel Bosserman. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-4212

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• Peter J. Christie

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

  * E-mail: Peter.J.Christie@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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