About the Authors

Pavel A. Nikitin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Alexander M. Price

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Karyn McFadden

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher M. Yan

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Micah A. Luftig

micah.luftig@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAN KM CMY MAL. Performed the experiments: PAN KM AMP CMY. Analyzed the data: PAN KM AMP CMY MAL. Wrote the paper: PAN KM MAL.