The Sec1/Munc18 (SM) protein Vps45 is involved in iron uptake, mitochondrial function and virulence in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

• Mélissa Caza,

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

  Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Guanggan Hu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2274-0312

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• Erik David Nielson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Minsu Cho,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-7391

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• Won Hee Jung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-0233

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• James W. Kronstad

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

  * E-mail: Kronstad@msl.ubc.ca

  Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4240-6976

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