About the Authors

Yuyang Tang

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alvin George

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Franklin Nouvet

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Stephanie Sweet

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nkiruka Emeagwali

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Harry E. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Glenn Simmons

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

James E. K. Hildreth

jekhildreth@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT JEH. Performed the experiments: YT AG FN. Analyzed the data: YT JEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NE HT GS SS. Wrote the paper: YT JEH.