About the Authors
- Brintha Parasumanna Girinathan
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States of America
- Sterling Braun
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Current address: Kansas University Medical Center, Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States of America
- Apoorva Reddy Sirigireddy
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States of America
- Jose Espinola Lopez
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States of America
- Revathi Govind
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* E-mail: rgovind@ksu.edu
Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BPG RG. Performed the experiments: BPG SB ARS JEL RG. Analyzed the data: BPG RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPG ARS SB JEL. Wrote the paper: BPG RG. Conducted hamster experiments: BPG SB ARS RG. Constructed plasmids used in the study: BPG ARS JEL.