About the Authors

Amir I. Tukhvatulin

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Alina S. Dzharullaeva

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Natalia M. Tukhvatulina

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Dmitry V. Shcheblyakov

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Maxim M. Shmarov

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Inna V. Dolzhikova

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Patricia Stanhope-Baker

Affiliation Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Boris S. Naroditsky

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Andrei V. Gudkov

Affiliations Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton str., 14263 Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Denis Y. Logunov

ldenisy@yahoo.com

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Alexander L. Gintsburg

Affiliation N. F. Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Gamaleya str.18, 123098 Moscow, Russia

Competing Interests

Commercial affiliation of A.V.G. and P.S-B. to Cleveland BioLabs, Inc, does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AI NT MS DS BN AG DL AG. Performed the experiments: AI AD NT ID DL DS. Analyzed the data: AI AD NT ID MS DS BN AG DL AG PS-B. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI MS DS BN DL AG. Wrote the paper: AI NT DS BN AG DL PS-B.