About the Authors

Zhiyu Zhao

Affiliations The Research Institute for Children, Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

David Worthylake

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Louis LeCour Jr

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Grace A. Maresh

Affiliation The Research Institute for Children, Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Seth H. Pincus

spincus@chnola-research.org

Affiliations The Research Institute for Children, Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ DW SHP. Performed the experiments: ZZ DW LL GAM SHP. Analyzed the data: ZZ DW LL SHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW LL GM SHP. Wrote the paper: ZZ DW SHP.