About the Authors

Shweta Singh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pallavi Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Graham F. Hatfull

gfh@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS PG GFH. Performed the experiments: SS PG. Analyzed the data: SS PG GFH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS PG. Wrote the paper: SS PG GFH.