About the Authors

Michael S. Behnke

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael S. Behnke, Sarah J. Fentress

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

Sarah J. Fentress

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael S. Behnke, Sarah J. Fentress

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

Mona Mashayekhi

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Lucy X. Li

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

Gregory A. Taylor

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Geriatrics, and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

L. David Sibley

sibley@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: MSB SJF MM LXL LDS. Performed the experiments: MSB SJF MM LXL. Analyzed the data: MSB SJF MM LXL LDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAT. Wrote the paper: MSB SJF GAT LDS.