About the Authors

Florian Ehlgen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

James S. Pham

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Tania de Koning-Ward

Affiliation School of Medicine, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Alan F. Cowman

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Stuart A. Ralph

saralph@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

Co-author Stuart Alexander Ralph is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FE SAR AFR. Performed the experiments: FE JSP TKW. Analyzed the data: FE JSP SAR TKW AFC. Wrote the paper: FE SAR TKW.