About the Authors

David Gaviria

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Michelle F. Paguio

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lindsey B. Turnbull

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Asako Tan

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Amila Siriwardana

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Debasish Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Michael T. Ferdig

Affiliation Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Anthony P. Sinai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Paul D. Roepe

roepep@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDR APS MTF D. Gaviria LBT. Performed the experiments: D. Gaviria MFP LBT AT AS D. Ghosh. Analyzed the data: PDR APS MTF LBT D. Gaviria. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDR APS MTF. Wrote the paper: PDR APS MTF LBT D. Gaviria.