Secreted aspartyl proteinase (PbSap) contributes to the virulence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection

• Daniele Gonçalves Castilho,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Alison Felipe Alencar Chaves,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Marina Valente Navarro,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Palloma Mendes Conceição,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil

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• Karen Spadari Ferreira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil

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• Luiz Severino da Silva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Patricia Xander,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil

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• Wagner Luiz Batista

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

  * E-mail: batista@unifesp.br

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0280-6828

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