SpTransformer proteins from the purple sea urchin opsonize bacteria, augment phagocytosis, and retard bacterial growth

• Hung-Yen Chou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Cheng Man Lun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• L. Courtney Smith

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

  * E-mail: csmith@gwu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-7852

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