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Kelly Goldlust1, Agathe Couturier1, Laurent Terradot1

  • 1Microbiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon Cedex 07, France.

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Bacterial DNA conjugationConjugative pilus dynamicsDNA transfer dynamicsHorizontal gene transferLive-cell microscopyMaleimide bioconjugation

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