About the Authors

Christine L. Clouser

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Colleen M. Holtz

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Diagnostic & Biological Sciences, MinnCResT Program, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Mary Mullett

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Duane L. Crankshaw

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jacquie E. Briggs

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jay Chauhan

Affiliation Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Ilze Matise VanHoutan

Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center Comparative Pathology Shared Resource, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Steven E. Patterson

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Louis M. Mansky

mansky@umn.edu

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Diagnostic & Biological Sciences, MinnCResT Program, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC SP LM. Performed the experiments: CC CL MM DC JB JC IM CMH. Analyzed the data: CC IM SP LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC CL SP LM. Wrote the paper: CC CL IM SP LM. Edited the manuscipt text: CMH.