About the Authors

Michael Blatzer

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Blatzer, Bridget M. Barker

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Bridget M. Barker

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Blatzer, Bridget M. Barker

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Sven D. Willger

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Nicola Beckmann

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Sara J. Blosser

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Cornish

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Aurelien Mazurie

Affiliation Bioinformatics Core and Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Nora Grahl

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Hubertus Haas

hubertus.haas@i-med.ac.at (HH); rcramer@montana.edu (RAC)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Robert A. Cramer

hubertus.haas@i-med.ac.at (HH); rcramer@montana.edu (RAC)

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH RAC. Performed the experiments: MB BMB SDW NB SJB EJC AM NG HH RAC. Analyzed the data: MB BMB SDW NB SJB EJC AM NG HH RAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: MB BMB HH RAC.