About the Authors
- Ou Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
- Mattie C. Wilson
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
- Wei Xu
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
- Fong-Fu Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- John Turk
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- F. Matthew Kuhlmann
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Yingwei Wang
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Lynn Soong
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Phillip Key
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Stephen M. Beverley
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Kai Zhang
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* E-mail: kai.zhang@ttu.edu
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KZ. Performed the experiments: OZ MCW WX FFH YW KZ. Analyzed the data: OZ MCW WX FFH JT LS SMB KZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMK PK. Wrote the paper: OZ SMB KZ.