Membrane localization of the Repeats-in-Toxin (RTX) Leukotoxin (LtxA) produced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Angela C. Brown; Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia; Nataliya V. Balashova; Nestor Mas Gómez; Kaye Speicher; Hsin-Yao Tang; Margaret E. Duszyk; Edward T. Lally

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205871

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Membrane localization of the Repeats-in-Toxin (RTX) Leukotoxin (LtxA) produced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Angela C. Brown,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-8216

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Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Nataliya V. Balashova,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Nestor Mas Gómez,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Kaye Speicher,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Hsin-Yao Tang,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Margaret E. Duszyk,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-1090

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Edward T. Lally

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: lally@upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Membrane localization of the Repeats-in-Toxin (RTX) Leukotoxin (LtxA) produced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Angela C. Brown,
Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia,
Nataliya V. Balashova,
Nestor Mas Gómez,
Kaye Speicher,
Hsin-Yao Tang,
Margaret E. Duszyk,
Edward T. Lally

Published: October 18, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205871

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