About the Authors

Reem Berro

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Rogier W. Sanders

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Min Lu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Per J. Klasse

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

John P. Moore

jpm2003@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB JPM. Performed the experiments: RB. Analyzed the data: RB RWS PJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML JPM. Wrote the paper: RB JPM.