Unveiling a missing component of the atypical type IV secretion system required for natural transformation of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>
. Hence, co-option of the T4SS for DNA transformation requires nearly all the proteins that were previously essential for DNA conjugation.
Authors
- Mérick Machouri
- Céline Lacrouts
- J. Pablo Radicella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8807-7226)
- Xavier Veaute (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4868-247X)
- Sumedha Kondekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-5466)
- Jessica Andréani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4435-9093)
- Yoann Fauconnet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2147-6587)
- Eduardo P. C. Rocha
- J. Francisco Villa
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (FR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Published
- 2026-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.715814
- Primary Topic
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Grand Équipement National De Calcul Intensif