About the Authors

Roberta J. Mason-Gamer

robie@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Melissa M. Burns

Current address: Exelixis, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Marianna Naum

Current address: Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMG. Performed the experiments: RMG MMB MN. Analyzed the data: RMG MMB MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMG. Wrote the paper: RMG.