A BRCT domain-containing protein induced in early phagocytosis plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of the mucoralean Rhizopus microsporus

Ghizlane Tahiri; Carlos Lax; Ulrike Binder; Jakob Scheler; Eusebio Navarro; Francisco E. Nicolás; Victoriano Garre

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013653

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A BRCT domain-containing protein induced in early phagocytosis plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of the mucoralean Rhizopus microsporus

Ghizlane Tahiri ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ghizlane Tahiri, Carlos Lax

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Carlos Lax ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ghizlane Tahiri, Carlos Lax

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Ulrike Binder,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Jakob Scheler,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Eusebio Navarro,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Francisco E. Nicolás ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fnicolas@um.es (FEN); vgarre@um.es (VG)

Affiliation Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-5971

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Victoriano Garre

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fnicolas@um.es (FEN); vgarre@um.es (VG)

Affiliation Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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A BRCT domain-containing protein induced in early phagocytosis plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of the mucoralean Rhizopus microsporus

Ghizlane Tahiri,
Carlos Lax,
Ulrike Binder,
Jakob Scheler,
Eusebio Navarro,
Francisco E. Nicolás,
Victoriano Garre

Published: January 2, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013653

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