Expansion of the TLO gene family enhances the virulence of Candida species

Peter R. Flanagan; Jessica Fletcher; Hannah Boyle; Razvan Sulea; Gary P. Moran; Derek J. Sullivan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200852

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Expansion of the TLO gene family enhances the virulence of Candida species

Peter R. Flanagan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter R. Flanagan, Jessica Fletcher

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Jessica Fletcher ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter R. Flanagan, Jessica Fletcher

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Hannah Boyle,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Razvan Sulea,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Gary P. Moran ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Derek.Sullivan@dental.tcd.ie (DJS); Gary.Moran@dental.tcd.ie (GPM)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Derek J. Sullivan

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Derek.Sullivan@dental.tcd.ie (DJS); Gary.Moran@dental.tcd.ie (GPM)

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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

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Expansion of the TLO gene family enhances the virulence of Candida species

Peter R. Flanagan,
Jessica Fletcher,
Hannah Boyle,
Razvan Sulea,
Gary P. Moran,
Derek J. Sullivan

Published: July 20, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200852

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