About the Authors

Haoyu Si

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Aaron D. Hernday

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Matthew P. Hirakawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Alexander D. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Richard J. Bennett

Richard_Bennett@brown.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS ADH RJB. Performed the experiments: HS ADH MPH. Analyzed the data: HS ADH MPH RJB. Wrote the paper: HS ADJ RJB.