Activity of Bdellovibrio Hit Locus Proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, Links Type IVa Pilus Extrusion/Retraction Status to Prey-Independent Growth Signalling

Michael J. Capeness; Carey Lambert; Andrew L. Lovering; Rob Till; Kaoru Uchida; Roy Chaudhuri; Luke J. Alderwick; David J. Lee; David Swarbreck; Susan Liddell; Shin-Ichi Aizawa; Renee Elizabeth Sockett

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079759

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Activity of Bdellovibrio Hit Locus Proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, Links Type IVa Pilus Extrusion/Retraction Status to Prey-Independent Growth Signalling

Michael J. Capeness ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Capeness, Carey Lambert

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Carey Lambert ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Capeness, Carey Lambert

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Andrew L. Lovering,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Rob Till,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Kaoru Uchida,

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara, Japan
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Roy Chaudhuri,

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Luke J. Alderwick,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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David J. Lee,

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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David Swarbreck,

Affiliation Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Susan Liddell,

Affiliation Division of Animal Sciences Proteomics Laboratory, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Shin-Ichi Aizawa,

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Shobara, Japan
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Renee Elizabeth Sockett

* E-mail: liz.sockett@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Activity of Bdellovibrio Hit Locus Proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, Links Type IVa Pilus Extrusion/Retraction Status to Prey-Independent Growth Signalling

Michael J. Capeness,
Carey Lambert,
Andrew L. Lovering,
Rob Till,
Kaoru Uchida,
Roy Chaudhuri,
Luke J. Alderwick,
David J. Lee,
David Swarbreck,
Susan Liddell

Published: November 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079759

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