Neisseria gonorrhoeae co-opts C4b-binding protein to enhance complement-independent survival from neutrophils

• Lacie M. Werner,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Allison Alcott,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Frida Mohlin,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden

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• Jocelyn C. Ray,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Meagan Belcher Dufrisne,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Asya Smirnov,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Linda Columbus,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Anna M. Blom,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden

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• Alison K. Criss

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: akc2r@virginia.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7738-3757

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