About the Authors

Guowei Yang

Affiliation Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Carmen Sara Hernández-Rodríguez

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Michael L. Beeton

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Paul Wilkinson

Affiliation University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom

Richard H. ffrench-Constant

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Nicholas R. Waterfield

bssnw@bath.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRW RHFC. Performed the experiments: GY PW CSHR MLB. Analyzed the data: NRW GY PW CSHR. Wrote the paper: NRW GY.