The Nanomechanical Properties of Lactococcus lactis Pili Are Conditioned by the Polymerized Backbone Pilin

Mickaël Castelain; Marie-Pierre Duviau; Alexis Canette; Philippe Schmitz; Pascal Loubière; Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet; Jean-Christophe Piard; Muriel Mercier-Bonin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152053

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The Nanomechanical Properties of Lactococcus lactis Pili Are Conditioned by the Polymerized Backbone Pilin

Mickaël Castelain ,

* E-mail: mickael.castelain@insa-toulouse.fr

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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Marie-Pierre Duviau,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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Alexis Canette,

Affiliation Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Philippe Schmitz,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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Pascal Loubière,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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Jean-Christophe Piard,

Affiliation Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Muriel Mercier-Bonin

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077, Toulouse, France, INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, F-31400, Toulouse, France, CNRS, UMR5504, F-31400, Toulouse, France
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The Nanomechanical Properties of Lactococcus lactis Pili Are Conditioned by the Polymerized Backbone Pilin

Mickaël Castelain,
Marie-Pierre Duviau,
Alexis Canette,
Philippe Schmitz,
Pascal Loubière,
Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet,
Jean-Christophe Piard,
Muriel Mercier-Bonin

Published: March 24, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152053

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