About the Authors

Kurtis W. Straub

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eric D. Peng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bettina E. Hajagos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jessica S. Tyler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Peter J. Bradley

pbradley@ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KWS, PJB. Performed the experiments: KWS, EDP, BEH. Analyzed the data: KWS, EDP, BEH, PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JST. Wrote the paper: KWS, PJB.