About the Authors

Vesna Tosic

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Diana L. Thomas

Affiliation Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

David M. Kranz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Jia Liu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Grant McFadden

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Joanna L. Shisler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Amy L. MacNeill

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology at College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Edward J. Roy

eroy@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VT DLT JL ALM ER JLS. Performed the experiments: VT ALM. Analyzed the data: VT ALM ER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL GM DMK ALM ER JLS. Wrote the paper: VT ER.