Abdelkader Mellouk
Abdelkader Mellouk
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,
Kenny Ngo
Kenny Ngo
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,
Ahmad A Kezzo
Ahmad A Kezzo
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,
Cyrielle Martini
Cyrielle Martini
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,
Tanos C C França
Tanos C C França
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
3Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
4Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
1,2,3,4,
Steven R Laplante
Steven R Laplante
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,
Salim T Islam
Salim T Islam
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,✉,
Charles Calmettes
Charles Calmettes
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
1,2,✉
1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut Pasteur International Network, Laval, QC Canada
2PROTEO, the Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure and Engineering, Montréal, QC Canada
3Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
4Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Subject terms: Bacterial secretion, Permeation and transport, X-ray crystallography, Carbohydrates
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