About the Authors

Ying Zheng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Sarit Lilo

Current address: Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Patricio Mena

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

James B. Bliska

jbliska@ms.cc.sunysb.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ SL JB. Performed the experiments: YZ SL PM. Analyzed the data: YZ JB. Wrote the paper: YZ JB.