Conserved Streptococcus pneumoniae Spirosomes Suggest a Single Type of Transformation Pilus in Competence

Raphaël Laurenceau; Petya V. Krasteva; Amy Diallo; Sahra Ouarti; Magalie Duchateau; Christian Malosse; Julia Chamot-Rooke; Rémi Fronzes

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004835

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Conserved Streptococcus pneumoniae Spirosomes Suggest a Single Type of Transformation Pilus in Competence

Raphaël Laurenceau ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Raphaël Laurenceau, Petya V. Krasteva

Affiliations Unité G5 Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Petya V. Krasteva ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Raphaël Laurenceau, Petya V. Krasteva

* E-mail: krasteva@pasteur.fr (PVK); remi.fronzes@pasteur.fr (RF)

Affiliations Unité G5 Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Amy Diallo,

Affiliations Unité G5 Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Sahra Ouarti,

Affiliations Unité G5 Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Magalie Duchateau,

Affiliations UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Plate-Forme de Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Christian Malosse,

Affiliations UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Plate-Forme de Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Julia Chamot-Rooke,

Affiliations UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Plate-Forme de Protéomique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Rémi Fronzes

* E-mail: krasteva@pasteur.fr (PVK); remi.fronzes@pasteur.fr (RF)

Affiliations Unité G5 Biologie Structurale de la Sécrétion Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, UMR 3528, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Conserved Streptococcus pneumoniae Spirosomes Suggest a Single Type of Transformation Pilus in Competence

Raphaël Laurenceau,
Petya V. Krasteva,
Amy Diallo,
Sahra Ouarti,
Magalie Duchateau,
Christian Malosse,
Julia Chamot-Rooke,
Rémi Fronzes

Published: April 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004835

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