About the Authors

Sarah A. Kessans

Current address: Biomolecular Interaction Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Mark D. Linhart

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Lydia R. Meador

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Jacquelyn Kilbourne

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Brenda G. Hogue

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Petra Fromme

Affiliations Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Nobuyuki Matoba

Current address: Owensboro Cancer Research Program, Owensboro, Kentucky, United States of America, and James Graham Brown Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Tsafrir S. Mor

tsafrir.mor@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAK NM TSM. Performed the experiments: SAK MDL LRM JK. Analyzed the data: SAK LRM BGH PF NM TSM. Wrote the paper: SAK LRM BGH PF NM TSM.