About the Authors

Alexander S Davis

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Isabelle Vergne

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Sharon S Master

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

George B Kyei

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jennifer Chua

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Vojo Deretic

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vderetic@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ASD, IV, and VD conceived and designed the experiments. ASD, IV, SSM, GBK, and JC performed the experiments. ASD, IV, SSM, GBK, and JC analyzed the data. ASD and VD wrote the paper.