About the Authors

Kishore Das

Affiliations Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Georgina De la Garza

Affiliations Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Shivani Maffi

Affiliations Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Sankaralingam Saikolappan

Affiliations Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Subramanian Dhandayuthapani

dhandayutha@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD. Performed the experiments: KD GG SS. Analyzed the data: KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: SD.