About the Authors

Eric A. Weaver

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric A. Weaver, Pramod N. Nehete

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Translational Immunovirology Program, Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Pramod N. Nehete

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric A. Weaver, Pramod N. Nehete

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bharti P. Nehete

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Guojun Yang

Affiliation Department of Immunology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stephanie J. Buchl

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Patrick W. Hanley

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Donna Palmer

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Guido Ferrari

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Philip Ng

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

K. Jagannadha Sastry

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Immunology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael A. Barry

mab@mayo.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Translational Immunovirology Program, Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB KJS. Performed the experiments: EAW PNN BPN GY PWH DP SJB. Analyzed the data: MAB KJS GF DCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PN. Wrote the paper: MAB KJS.