Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

Glen Spraggon; Eric Koesema; Maria Scarselli; Enrico Malito; Massimiliano Biagini; Nathalie Norais; Carla Emolo; Michèle Anne Barocchi; Fabiola Giusti; Markus Hilleringmann; Rino Rappuoli; Scott Lesley; Antonello Covacci; Vega Masignani; Ilaria Ferlenghi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010919

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Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

Glen Spraggon ,

* E-mail: gspraggon@gnf.org (GS); ilaria.ferlenghi@novartis.com (IF)

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Eric Koesema,

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Maria Scarselli,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Enrico Malito,

Affiliations Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Massimiliano Biagini,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Nathalie Norais,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Carla Emolo,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Michèle Anne Barocchi,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Fabiola Giusti,

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Markus Hilleringmann,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Rino Rappuoli,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Scott Lesley,

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Antonello Covacci,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Vega Masignani,

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Ilaria Ferlenghi

* E-mail: gspraggon@gnf.org (GS); ilaria.ferlenghi@novartis.com (IF)

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
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Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

Glen Spraggon,
Eric Koesema,
Maria Scarselli,
Enrico Malito,
Massimiliano Biagini,
Nathalie Norais,
Carla Emolo,
Michèle Anne Barocchi,
Fabiola Giusti,
Markus Hilleringmann

Published: June 15, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010919

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