About the Authors

Nitya Venkataraman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Amy L Cole

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Piotr Ruchala

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alan J Waring

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Robert I Lehrer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Olga Stuchlik

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, DSR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan Pohl

Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, DSR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alexander M Cole

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: acole@mail.ucf.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ALC and AMC conceived and designed the experiments. NV, ALC, PR, RIH, and OS performed the experiments. NV, ALC, PR, AJW, RIH, JP, and AMC analyzed the data. PR, AJW, RIH, OS, and JP contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. NV and AMC wrote the paper.