About the Authors

Mario M. Alvarez

mario.alvarez@itesm.mx

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Felipe López-Pacheco

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

José M. Aguilar-Yañez

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Roberto Portillo-Lara

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Gonzalo I. Mendoza-Ochoa

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Sergio García-Echauri

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Pamela Freiden

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Stacey Schultz-Cherry

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Manuel I. Zertuche-Guerra

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

David Bulnes-Abundis

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Johari Salgado-Gallegos

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Martín Hernández-Torre

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, New León, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMA FLP JMAY SGE SSC LEM MHT. Performed the experiments: FLP JMAY RPL GIMO SGE PF DBA JSG. Analyzed the data: MMA FLP SSC MIZG MHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMA SSC MIZG LEM MHT. Wrote the paper: MMA MHT.