About the Authors

Jameson T. Crowley

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Alvaro M. Toledo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Timothy J. LaRocca

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

James L. Coleman

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, State of New York Department of Health, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Erwin London

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jorge L. Benach

jbenach@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTC AMT TJL EL JLB. Performed the experiments: JTC. Analyzed the data: JTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLC EL. Wrote the paper: JTC JLB.