About the Authors

Wai-Leung Ng

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Lark Perez

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Jianping Cong

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Martin F. Semmelhack

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Bonnie L. Bassler

bbassler@princeton.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WLN LP JC MFS BLB. Performed the experiments: WLN LP JC. Analyzed the data: WLN LP JC MFS BLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WLN LP JC. Wrote the paper: WLN LP BLB.