About the Authors

Vincent Dussupt

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Melodi P. Javid

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Georges Abou-Jaoudé

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joshua A. Jadwin

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jason de La Cruz

Affiliation SAIC at NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Kunio Nagashima

Affiliation SAIC at NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Fadila Bouamr

bouamrf@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VD FB. Performed the experiments: VD MPJ GAJ JAJ. Analyzed the data: VD FB. Wrote the paper: FB. Performed electron microscopy experiments: JdlC KN.