About the Authors

Yun Kang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jan Zarzycki-Siek

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Chad B. Walton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Michael H. Norris

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Tung T. Hoang

tongh@hawaii.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK CBW TTH. Performed the experiments: YK JZS MHN. Analyzed the data: YK TTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZS CBW MHN. Wrote the paper: YK TTH.