About the Authors

Stephen M. Christensen

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Laura A. L. Dillon

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Lucas P. Carvalho

Affiliation Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Sara Passos

Affiliation Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Fernanda O. Novais

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

V. Keith Hughitt

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel P. Beiting

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Edgar M. Carvalho

Affiliation Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Phillip Scott

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Najib M. El-Sayed

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

David M. Mosser

dmosser@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMC NMES DMM. Performed the experiments: SMC LALD LPC SP FON. Analyzed the data: SMC LALD VKH DPB NMES DMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPC SP EMC FON DPB PS. Wrote the paper: SMC DPB PS NMES DMM.