About the Authors
- Fuan Wang
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Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Xiujuan Gao
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Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- John W. Barrett
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Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Qing Shao
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Eric Bartee
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Mohamed R. Mohamed
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Masmudur Rahman
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Steve Werden
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Timothy Irvine
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Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Jingxin Cao
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Gregory A. Dekaban
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Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Grant McFadden
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* E-mail: grantmcf@ufl.edu
Affiliations BioTherapeutics Research Group, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived of the project: FW GM. Performed the experiments: FW XG JB QS EB MM MR SW TI JC. Analyzed the data: FW XG JB QS EB MM MR SW TI JC GM. Wrote the paper: FW GD GM. Designed the experiments: FW XG JB QS EB MM MR SW TI JC GM.