Deletion of the Candida albicans TLO gene family using CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis allows characterisation of functional differences in α-, β- and γ- TLO gene function.

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"GPM and DJS are funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI, No. 19/FFP/6422) to study the function of the Candida albicans TLO gene family. MZA is funded by an NSF Career Award (No. 2046863) and ALW is funded by an NIH F31 (No. 1AI167576). The funders did not play any role in study design, data collection, analysis or decision to publish."