About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Mayfield

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Zhong Liang

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Garima Agrahari

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Shaun W. Lee

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Deborah L. Donahue

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Victoria A. Ploplis

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Francis J. Castellino

fcastell@nd.edu

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC VP ZL. Performed the experiments: JM GA DD SL ZL. Analyzed the data: ZL JM GA DD SL FC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JM VP FC.