About the Authors

Rashna Balsara

Affiliations W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America

Alexander Dang

Affiliation W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America

Deborah L. Donahue

Affiliation W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America

Tiffany Snow

Affiliations W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America

Francis J. Castellino

fcastell@nd.edu

Affiliations W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB FJC. Performed the experiments: RB AD DLD TS. Analyzed the data: RB AD DLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJC. Wrote the paper: RB FJC.