An incoherent feedforward loop formed by SirA/BarA, HilE and HilD is involved in controlling the growth cost of virulence factor expression by Salmonella Typhimurium

• Deyanira Pérez-Morales,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, México

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• Jessica Nava-Galeana,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

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• Roberto Rosales-Reyes,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-8766

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• Paige Teehan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0496-6366

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• Helen Yakhnin,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Erika I. Melchy-Pérez,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8243-988X

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• Yvonne Rosenstein,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-4256

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• Miguel A. De la Cruz,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

  Affiliation Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6909-2941

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• Paul Babitzke,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Víctor H. Bustamante

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: victor.bustamante@ibt.unam.mx

  Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8852-150X

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