About the Authors

Arun S. Muthiah

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Wilson Aruni

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Antonette G. Robles

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Yuetan Dou

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Francis Roy

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Hansel M. Fletcher

hfletcher@llu.edu

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM WA AR YD FR HF. Performed the experiments: AM WA AR YD FR. Analyzed the data: AM WA AR YD FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM WA AR YD FR. Wrote the paper: AM WA AR YD HF.