About the Authors

Edwin Chen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nichole D. Salinas

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Francis B. Ntumngia

Affiliation Global Health Infectious Disease Research, Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

John H. Adams

Affiliation Global Health Infectious Disease Research, Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Niraj H. Tolia

tolia@wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC NDS NHT. Performed the experiments: EC NDS NHT. Analyzed the data: EC NDS NHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FBN JHA. Wrote the paper: EC FBN JHA NHT.