About the Authors

Hector Guillen-Ahlers

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Jiangning Tan

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Francis J. Castellino

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Victoria A. Ploplis

vploplis@nd.edu

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAP FJC JT HGA. Performed the experiments: HGA JT. Analyzed the data: VAP FJC JT HGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HGA. Wrote the paper: VAP FJC JT HGA.