Deletion C-terminal thioesterase abolishes melanin biosynthesis, affects metabolism and reduces the pathogenesis of Fonsecaea monophora

• Minying Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8389-0544

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• Huan Huang,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jun Liu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Xiaohui Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Qian Li,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Guangdong Clinical College of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Dongmei Li,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Mingfen Luo,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Xiaoyue Wang,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Weiying Zeng,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jiufeng Sun,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong, Guangzhou, China

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• Hongfang Liu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sunflower1977@126.com (HL); xiliyan@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LX)

  Affiliation Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-2533

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• Liyan Xi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: sunflower1977@126.com (HL); xiliyan@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LX)

  Affiliations Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-0147

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