About the Authors

Jeffrey M. Grabowski

Affiliations Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Rushika Perera

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Arthropod-borne & Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Ali M. Roumani

Current address: Department of Computer Science, College of Arts & Sciences, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Mishref, Kuwait

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Victoria E. Hedrick

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Halina D. Inerowicz

Current address: Office of Indiana State Chemist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Catherine A. Hill

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Richard J. Kuhn

kuhnr@purdue.edu

Affiliations Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG RP CAH RJK. Performed the experiments: JMG AMR VEH HDI. Analyzed the data: JMG RP AMR VEH CAH RJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJK. Wrote the paper: JMG RP CAH RJK.