About the Authors

Patrick Ymele-Leki

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shugeng Cao

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jared Sharp

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathleen G. Lambert

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alexander J. McAdam

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert N. Husson

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Giselle Tamayo

Affiliation Unidad Estrategica de Bioprospeccion, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) and Escuela de Química, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Jon Clardy

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paula I. Watnick

paula.watnick@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PYL PIW JC SC AM KGL JS RNH. Performed the experiments: PIW PYL KGL SC JS. Analyzed the data: PIW PYL JS SC JC AM KGL GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KGL AM JS RNH PYL JC SC GT. Wrote the paper: PYL SC JS PIW.