About the Authors

Chris A Benedict

Contributed equally to this work with: Chris A Benedict, Carl De Trez

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Carl De Trez

Contributed equally to this work with: Chris A Benedict, Carl De Trez

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Kirsten Schneider

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sukwon Ha

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ginelle Patterson

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Carl F Ware

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cware@liai.org

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CAB, CDT, KS, and CFW conceived and designed the experiments. CAB, CDT, KS, SH, and GP performed the experiments. CAB, CDT, KS, SH, GP, and CFW analyzed the data. CAB and CFW wrote the paper.