About the Authors

Christopher M. Snyder

christopher.snyder@jefferson.edu (CMS); hillan@ohsu.edu (ABH)

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Kathy S. Cho

Current address: Astellas Research Institute of America, Skokie, Illinois, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Bonnett

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Jane E. Allan

Affiliation School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Ann B. Hill

christopher.snyder@jefferson.edu (CMS); hillan@ohsu.edu (ABH)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMS KSC ABH. Performed the experiments: CMS KSC ELB. Analyzed the data: CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEA. Wrote the paper: CMS ABH.