About the Authors

Hubert Arokium

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Masakazu Kamata

Contributed equally to this work with: Masakazu Kamata, Sanggu Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sanggu Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Masakazu Kamata, Sanggu Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Namshin Kim

Affiliation Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea

Min Liang

Current address: Department of Hematology & Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Angela P. Presson

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Irvin S. Chen

syuchen@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA ISC. Performed the experiments: HA MK ML. Analyzed the data: HA SK NK. Wrote the paper: HA ISC APP.