Deletion of the Candida albicans TLO gene family using CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis allows characterisation of functional differences in α-, β- and γ- TLO gene function

• Jessica Fletcher,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Dept. of Integrated Biology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• James O’Connor-Moneley,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6593-0319

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• Dean Frawley,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Current address: Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-5233

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• Peter R. Flanagan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Current address: Dept. of Medical Microbiology, LabMed Directorate, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-0560

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• Leenah Alaalm,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Pilar Menendez-Manjon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Enfermería I, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-0420

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• Samuel Vega Estevez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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• Shane Hendricks,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Andrew L. Woodruff,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5818-360X

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• Alessia Buscaino,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1704-3168

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• Matthew Z. Anderson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1683-2170

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• Derek J. Sullivan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Derek J. Sullivan, Gary P. Moran

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: derek.sullivan@dental.tcd.ie (DJS); gpmoran@dental.tcd.ie (GPM)

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0195-9697

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• Gary P. Moran

  Contributed equally to this work with: Derek J. Sullivan, Gary P. Moran

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: derek.sullivan@dental.tcd.ie (DJS); gpmoran@dental.tcd.ie (GPM)

  Affiliation Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, & University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-1788

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