ParAB Partition Dynamics in Firmicutes: Nucleoid Bound ParA Captures and Tethers ParB-Plasmid Complexes

• Virginia S. Lioy,

  Current address: Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91190, France

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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• Andrea Volante,

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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• Nora E. Soberón,

  Current address: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Madrid, Spain

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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• Rudi Lurz,

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, D-1000 Berlin, Germany

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• Silvia Ayora,

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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• Juan C. Alonso

  * E-mail: jcalonso@cnb.csic.es

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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