The FUR-like regulators PerRA and PerRB integrate a complex regulatory network that promotes mammalian host-adaptation and virulence of Leptospira interrogans

• André A. Grassmann,

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

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3910-2165

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• Crispin Zavala-Alvarado,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Microbial Individuality and Infection Group, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

  Affiliations Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Communauté d’universités et d’établissements (COMUE), Bio Sorbonne Paris Cité (BioSPC), Paris, France

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• Everton B. Bettin,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5095-2198

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• Mathieu Picardeau,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-5579

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• Nadia Benaroudj,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Melissa J. Caimano

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

  * E-mail: mcaima@uchc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1170-4102

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