About the Authors

Kevin M. Brown

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Elena Suvorova

Affiliation Departments of Molecular Medicine & Global Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Andrew Farrell

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aaron McLain

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ashley Dittmar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Graham B. Wiley

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gabor Marth

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Patrick M. Gaffney

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Marc Jan Gubbels

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael White

Affiliation Departments of Molecular Medicine & Global Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Ira J. Blader

iblader@buffalo.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMB ES IJB. Performed the experiments: KMB ES GBW AM AD. Analyzed the data: KMB ES AF GBW PMG MJG MW IJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM PMG MJG MW IJB. Wrote the paper: KMB IJB.