About the Authors

Kathryn M. Monroe

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Sarah M. McWhirter

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Russell E. Vance

rvance@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMM SMM REV. Performed the experiments: KMM SMM REV. Analyzed the data: KMM SMM REV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMM SMM. Wrote the paper: KMM SMM REV.