A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Raphaël Laurenceau; Gérard Péhau-Arnaudet; Sonia Baconnais; Joseph Gault; Christian Malosse; Annick Dujeancourt; Nathalie Campo; Julia Chamot-Rooke; Eric Le Cam; Jean-Pierre Claverys; Rémi Fronzes

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003473

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A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Raphaël Laurenceau,

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Groupe Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France
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Gérard Péhau-Arnaudet,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France
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Sonia Baconnais,

Affiliation Maintenance des Génomes et Microscopies Moléculaire, UMR 8126 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Joseph Gault,

Affiliations CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Paris, France
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Christian Malosse,

Affiliations CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Paris, France
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Annick Dujeancourt,

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Groupe Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France
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Nathalie Campo,

Affiliations CNRS, UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Julia Chamot-Rooke,

Affiliations CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Paris, France
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Eric Le Cam,

Affiliation Maintenance des Génomes et Microscopies Moléculaire, UMR 8126 CNRS-Université Paris Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Jean-Pierre Claverys,

Affiliations CNRS, UMR5100, Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Toulouse, France
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Rémi Fronzes

* E-mail: remi.fronzes@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Groupe Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR3528, Paris, France
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A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Raphaël Laurenceau,
Gérard Péhau-Arnaudet,
Sonia Baconnais,
Joseph Gault,
Christian Malosse,
Annick Dujeancourt,
Nathalie Campo,
Julia Chamot-Rooke,
Eric Le Cam,
Jean-Pierre Claverys

Published: June 27, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003473

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