About the Authors

David Cue

Contributed equally to this work with: David Cue, Jennifer M. Junecko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Jennifer M. Junecko

Contributed equally to this work with: David Cue, Jennifer M. Junecko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Mei G. Lei

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Jon S. Blevins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Mark S. Smeltzer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Chia Y. Lee

clee2@uams.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC JJ CL. Performed the experiments: DC JJ ML. Analyzed the data: DC JJ CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB MS. Wrote the paper: DC CL.