About the Authors

Brian B. Gowen

brian.gowen@usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Min-Hui Wong

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Deanna Larson

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Wei Ye

Affiliation Molette Laboratory for Drug Discovery Research, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Kie-Hoon Jung

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Eric J. Sefing

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Ramona Skirpstunas

Affiliations Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, Department of Agriculture and Food, State of Utah, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Donald F. Smee

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

John D. Morrey

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Antiviral Research, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Stewart W. Schneller

Affiliation Molette Laboratory for Drug Discovery Research, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBG. Performed the experiments: MHW DL KHJ EJS RTS. Analyzed the data: BBG RTS DFS JDM SWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY SWS. Wrote the paper: BBG SWS.