About the Authors

Hiromi Sato

hsato@mcw.edu

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Meredith L. Hunt

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Joshua J. Weiner

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Andrew T. Hansen

Current address: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Dara W. Frank

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS DWF. Performed the experiments: HS MLH JJW ATH DWF. Analyzed the data: HS DWF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS MLH JJW ATH DWF. Wrote the paper: HS DWF.