About the Authors

Peter D. Ziniel

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Bhargava Karumudi

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrew H. Barnard

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ethan M. S. Fisher

Current address: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gregory R. J. Thatcher

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Larissa M. Podust

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David L. Williams

David_L_Williams@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDZ BK GRJT LMP DLW. Performed the experiments: PDZ BK AHB EMSF DLW. Analyzed the data: PDZ BK AHB EMSF LMP DLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK GRJT LMP. Wrote the paper: PDZ BK GRJT DLW.