About the Authors

Natalie R. Sontag

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ana Ruiz Manzano

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Alwyn M. V. Ecker

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric A. Galburt

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Shumin.Tan@tufts.edu (ST); egalburt@wustl.edu (EAG)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Shumin Tan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Shumin.Tan@tufts.edu (ST); egalburt@wustl.edu (EAG)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.