About the Authors

Fredric Carlsson

carlsson.fredric@gene.com (FC); brown.eric@gene.com (EJB)

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shilpa A. Joshi

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Linda Rangell

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Eric J. Brown

carlsson.fredric@gene.com (FC); brown.eric@gene.com (EJB)

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC EJB. Performed the experiments: FC LR. Analyzed the data: FC SAJ LR EJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC SAJ. Wrote the paper: FC EJB.