About the Authors
- Sandra J. Laney
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* E-mail: Slaney@smith.edu
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Caitlin J. Buttaro
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Sabato Visconti
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nils Pilotte
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Reda M. R. Ramzy
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Affiliation National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt
- Gary J. Weil
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Steven A. Williams
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the authors of this manuscript, Dr. Gary Weil, is on the Editorial Board of this journal as an Editorial Advisor.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL RR GW SW. Performed the experiments: SL CB SV NP. Analyzed the data: SL CB SV NP. Wrote the paper: SL. Edited and revised the manuscript: RR GW SW. Edited the manuscript: NP.