About the Authors

Ron Saar-Dover

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Arkadi Bitler

Affiliation Department of Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Ravit Nezer

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Liraz Shmuel-Galia

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Arnaud Firon

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif, CNRS-ERL3526, Paris, France

Eyal Shimoni

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Patrick Trieu-Cuot

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif, CNRS-ERL3526, Paris, France

Yechiel Shai

Yechiel.Shai@weizmann.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSD PTC YS. Performed the experiments: RSD AB RN LSG AF ES. Analyzed the data: RSD PTC YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PTC YS. Wrote the paper: RSD PTC YS.