About the Authors

Kevin R. McCarthy

Affiliations Harvard Program in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrea Kirmaier

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

Patrick Autissier

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

Welkin E. Johnson

welkin.johnson@bc.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRM WEJ. Performed the experiments: KRM AK PA. Analyzed the data: KRM AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRM AK PA WEJ. Wrote the paper: KRM AK WEJ.