About the Authors
- Peter C. Dumoulin
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Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
- Stefanie A. Trop
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Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
- Jinxia Ma
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Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
- Hao Zhang
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Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
- Matthew A. Sherman
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Affiliation Triangle Research Labs, 6 Davis Drive, Durham, NC, 27709, United States of America
- Jelena Levitskaya
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* E-mail: lelena1@jhu.edu
Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, United States of America
Competing Interests
MS is an employee of Triangle Research Labs. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PD JL. Performed the experiments: PD JL ST JM HZ. Analyzed the data: PD JL ST JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ MS. Wrote the paper: PD JL.