The WOPR family protein Ryp1 is a key regulator of gene expression, development, and virulence in the thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen Coccidioides posadasii

• M. Alejandra Mandel ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Valley Fever Center for Excellence, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-3862

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• Sinem Beyhan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Mark Voorhies,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-7384

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• Lisa F. Shubitz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Valley Fever Center for Excellence, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1011-0708

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• John N. Galgiani,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Valley Fever Center for Excellence, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Marc J. Orbach ,

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

  * E-mail: orbachmj@arizona.edu (MJO); anita.sil@ucsf.edu (AS)

  Affiliations School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Valley Fever Center for Excellence, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-1352

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• Anita Sil

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

  * E-mail: orbachmj@arizona.edu (MJO); anita.sil@ucsf.edu (AS)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-7534

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