About the Authors
- Erin E. McClelland
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* E-mail: erin.mcclelland@mtsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
- Udupi A. Ramagopal
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Current address: Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore, INDIA
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Johanna Rivera
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- James Cox
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Antonio Nakouzi
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Moses M. Prabu
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Affiliation M&P Associates Inc., Murfreesboro, Tennesee, United States of America
- Steven C. Almo
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Arturo Casadevall
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MMP has a consulting company (M&P Associates, Inc.) through which he contributed the structural analysis. He agreed to be included as an author on the manuscript in lieu of any payment.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: EEM AC. Formal analysis: EEM UAR JR JC AN MMP. Funding acquisition: EEM AC. Investigation: EEM UAR JR JC AN MMP. Methodology: EEM UAR JR JC AN MMP SCA AC. Project administration: EEM AC. Resources: EEM SCA AC. Supervision: EEM AC. Visualization: EEM JR JC MMP. Writing – original draft: EEM UAR MMP AC. Writing – review & editing: EEM AC.