About the Authors

Ke Shi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Krishan K. Pandey

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sibes Bera

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ajaykumar C. Vora

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Duane P. Grandgenett

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Hideki Aihara

aihar001@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS KP SB DG HA. Performed the experiments: KS KP SB AV HA. Analyzed the data: KS KP SB DG HA. Wrote the paper: DG HA.