About the Authors

Louise C. Hughes

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Katherine S. Ralston

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kent L. Hill

Hong.Zhou@ucla.edu (ZZ); kenthill@mednet.ucla.edu (KH)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Z. Hong Zhou

Hong.Zhou@ucla.edu (ZZ); kenthill@mednet.ucla.edu (KH)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH KR KH ZZ. Performed the experiments: LH KR ZZ. Analyzed the data: LH KR KH ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH KR KH ZZ. Wrote the paper: LH KR KH ZZ.