About the Authors

Jawed Iqbal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Steven McRae

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Thi Mai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Krishna Banaudha

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Mehuli Sarkar-Dutta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gulam Waris

gulam.waris@rosalindfranklin.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Gulam Waris is a PLOS ONE Academic Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI SM TM KB MSD GW. Performed the experiments: JI SM MSD GW. Analyzed the data: JI GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JI KB GW. Wrote the paper: JI GW.