About the Authors

Melissa C. Garcia-Sherman

mgarcia@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Nataliya Lysak

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Alexandra Filonenko

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Hazel Richards

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Richard E. Sobonya

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, United States of America

Stephen A. Klotz

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, United States of America

Peter N. Lipke

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCG SAK PNL. Performed the experiments: MCG NL AF HR RES. Analyzed the data: MCG RES SAK PNL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RES SAK. Wrote the paper: MCG NL SAK PNL.