About the Authors

Emma L. Summers

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Kathrin Meindl

Affiliation Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, Spain

Isabel Usón

Affiliation Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats at Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, Spain

Alok K. Mitra

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mazdak Radjainia

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Roberto Colangeli

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease and the Center for Emerging Pathogens, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

David Alland

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease and the Center for Emerging Pathogens, Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Vickery L. Arcus

varcus@waikato.ac.nz

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ELS RC DA VLA. Performed the experiments: ELS KM IU MR RC. Analyzed the data: ELS KM IU AKM MR RC DA VLA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELS KM IU RC. Wrote the paper: ELS VLA.