About the Authors
- Maria Hovenden
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- Mark A. Hubbard
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- David P. AuCoin
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- Peter Thorkildson
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- Dana E. Reed
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- William H. Welch
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Affiliations Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
- C. Rick Lyons
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Current address: Infectious Disease Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Julie A. Lovchik
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Thomas R. Kozel
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* E-mail: tkozel@medicine.nevada.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MH MAH DPA WHW CRL JAL TRK. Performed the experiments: MH MAH PT DER JAL. Analyzed the data: MH MAH PT WHW JAL TRK. Wrote the paper: MH MAH DPA TRK.