About the Authors

Oliver I. Fregoso

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jinwoo Ahn

Affiliation Department of Structural Biology and Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chuanping Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jennifer Mehrens

Affiliation Department of Structural Biology and Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jacek Skowronski

jacek.skowronski@case.edu (JS); memerman@fhcrc.org (ME)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Michael Emerman

jacek.skowronski@case.edu (JS); memerman@fhcrc.org (ME)

Affiliations Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OIF JA CW JS ME. Performed the experiments: OIF JA CW JM. Analyzed the data: OIF JA CW JS ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OIF JA JS ME. Wrote the paper: OIF JA JS ME.