Characterization of the putative polysaccharide synthase CpsA and its effects on the virulence of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

• Binita Nepal,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

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• Ryan Myers,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jessica M. Lohmar,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

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• Olivier Puel,

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

  Affiliation Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France

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• Brett Thompson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9160-5846

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• Matthew Van Cura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1775-0874

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• Ana M. Calvo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: amcalvo@niu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-5175

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