About the Authors

Aleksandar Antanasijevic

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Han Cheng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Duncan J. Wardrop

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lijun Rong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael Caffrey

caffrey@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA DJW LR MC. Performed the experiments: AA HC. Analyzed the data: AA MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC LR. Wrote the paper: AA MC.