About the Authors

Matthew M. Ramsey

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew M. Ramsey, Kendra P. Rumbaugh

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Kendra P. Rumbaugh

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew M. Ramsey, Kendra P. Rumbaugh

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Marvin Whiteley

mwhiteley@mail.utexas.edu

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMR KPR MW. Performed the experiments: MMR KPR MW. Analyzed the data: MMR KPR MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMR KPR MW. Wrote the paper: MMR KPR MW.