About the Authors

Jason Lamontagne

Affiliation Graduate Program in Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joshua C. Mell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Genomic Sciences, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael J. Bouchard

michael.bouchard@drexelmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL MJB. Performed the experiments: JL. Analyzed the data: JL JCM MJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL JCM MJB. Wrote the paper: JL JCM MJB.