About the Authors

Thanh-Long M. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nabil T. Makhlouf

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Bryan A. Anthony

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ryan M. Teague

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Richard J. DiPaolo

rdipaolo@slu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMN RMT RJD. Performed the experiments: TMN NTM BAA. Analyzed the data: TMN NTM BAA RJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAA RJD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TMN RMT RJD.