About the Authors

Susan R Schwab

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Jessica A Shugart

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Tiffany Horng

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Subramaniam Malarkannan

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Nilabh Shastri

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nshastri@socrates.berkeley.edu

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.

Author Contributions

SRS, JS, SM, and NS conceived and designed the experiments. SRS, JS, TH, and SM performed the experiments. SRS, JS, TH, SM, and NS analyzed the data. SRS contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SRS and NS wrote the paper.