About the Authors
- Wenqi Hu
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Susan Sillaots
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Sebastien Lemieux
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¤ Current address: Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- John Davison
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Sarah Kauffman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Anouk Breton
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Annie Linteau
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Chunlin Xin
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Joel Bowman
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Jeff Becker
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Bo Jiang
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Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Terry Roemer
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: terry_roemer@merck.com
Affiliation Merck Frosst Center of Fungal Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
W. Hu, S. Sillaots, S. Lemieux, J. Davison, A. Breton, A. Linteau, C. Xin, J. Bowman, B. Jiang, and T. Roemer are current or previous employees of Merck & Co., Inc. and Elitra Phamarceuticals Inc. S. Kauffman and J. Becker are consultants to Elitra Phamarceuticals Inc.
Author Contributions
W. Hu and T. Roemer conceived and designed the experiments and wrote the paper. W. Hu, S. Sillaots, J. Davison, S. Kauffman, A. Breton, A. Linteau, C. Xin, and J. Bowman performed the experiments. W. Hu, S. Lemieux, S. Kauffman, J. Bowman, J. Becker, B. Jiang, and T. Roemer analyzed the data. S. Lemieux, J. Becker, and B. Jiang contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.