About the Authors

Jianming Gao

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pathophysiology, Three Gorges University School of Medicine, Yichang, Hubei, China

Qiliang Cai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jie Lu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hem Chandra Jha

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erle S. Robertson

erle@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG ESR. Performed the experiments: JG. Analyzed the data: JG QC HCJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL. Wrote the paper: JG ESR.