About the Authors

Taissia G. Popova

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Michael J. Turell

Affiliation Virology Division, United States Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Virginia Espina

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Jessica Kidd

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Aarthi Narayanan

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Lance Liotta

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Emanuel F. Petricoin III

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Fatah Kashanchi

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Charles Bailey

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Serguei G. Popov

spopov@gmu.edu

Affiliation National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TGP MJT LL EFP CB SP. Performed the experiments: TGP MJT VE KKH JK AN. Analyzed the data: TGP FK SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VE LL EFP. Wrote the paper: TGP KKH FK SP.