About the Authors

Kimberly M. Carlson-Banning

Affiliations Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew Chou

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zhen Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard J. Hamill

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yongcheng Song

Affiliations Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lynn Zechiedrich

elz@bcm.edu

Affiliations Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMCB AC YS LZ. Performed the experiments: KMCB AC. Analyzed the data: KMCB AC YS LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJH ZL YS. Wrote the paper: KMCB LZ. Obtained clinical isolates tested: RJH.