About the Authors

Mallory O. Johnson

mallory.johnson@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Carol Dawson Rose

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Samantha E. Dilworth

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Torsten B. Neilands

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MOJ. Performed the experiments: MOJ CDR. Analyzed the data: TBN SED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOJ CDR. Wrote the paper: MOJ CDR SED TBN.