A parasite DNA binding protein with potential to influence disease susceptibility acts as an analogue of mammalian HMGA transcription factors

• Zeeshan Durrani,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Jane Kinnaird,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Chew Weng Cheng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-0828

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• Francis Brühlmann,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Paul Capewell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Andrew Jackson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-8596

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• Stephen Larcombe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Philipp Olias,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• William Weir,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Brian Shiels

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: brian.shiels@glasgow.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7595-2514

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