About the Authors

Molly C. Sutherland

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Thuy Linh Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Victor Tseng

Affiliation New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Joseph P. Vogel

jvogel@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCS JPV. Performed the experiments: MCS TLN VT. Analyzed the data: MCS JPV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCS TLN VT JPV. Wrote the paper: MCS JPV.