The five homologous CiaR-controlled Ccn sRNAs of Streptococcus pneumoniae modulate Zn-resistance

• Nicholas R. De Lay ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nicholas.r.delay@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2249-7073

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• Nidhi Verma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Dhriti Sinha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Abigail Garrett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Maximillian K. Osterberg,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Daisy Porter,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Spencer Reiling,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• David P. Giedroc,

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

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Malcolm E. Winkler

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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