About the Authors

Svetlana Rabinovich

Contributed equally to this work with: Svetlana Rabinovich, Rebecca L. R. Powell

Affiliations International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, The School of Graduate Studies, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Rebecca L. R. Powell

Contributed equally to this work with: Svetlana Rabinovich, Rebecca L. R. Powell

RPowell@iavi.org

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Ross W. B. Lindsay

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Maoli Yuan

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Alexei Carpov

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Aaron Wilson

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Mary Lopez

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

John W. Coleman

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Denise Wagner

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Palka Sharma

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Marina Kemelman

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Kevin J. Wright

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

John P. Seabrook

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Heather Arendt

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Martinez

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Joanne DeStefano

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Maria J. Chiuchiolo

Current address: Belfer Gene Therapy Core Facility, Department of Genetic Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, The School of Graduate Studies, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Christopher L. Parks

Affiliations International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Design and Development Laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, The School of Graduate Studies, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 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: SR RP RL MC CP. Performed the experiments: SR RP RL MY AC AW ML HA JM JD JC PS JS MK KW DW. Analyzed the data: SR RP RL CP. Wrote the paper: RP SR CP.