About the Authors

Joseph R. Francica

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Angel Varela-Rohena

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew Medvec

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gabriela Plesa

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James L. Riley

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul Bates

pbates@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School 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: JRF AVR JLR PB. Performed the experiments: JRF AVR AM GP. Analyzed the data: JRF AVR AM JLR PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRF AVR GP PB. Wrote the paper: JRF PB.