About the Authors
- Pan Tao
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Affiliation Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Marthandan Mahalingam
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Affiliation Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Michelle L. Kirtley
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Christina J. van Lier
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Jian Sha
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Linsey A. Yeager
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Ashok K. Chopra
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* E-mail: achopra@utmb.edu (AKC); rao@cua.edu (VBR)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Venigalla B. Rao
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* E-mail: achopra@utmb.edu (AKC); rao@cua.edu (VBR)
Affiliation Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VBR PT AKC. Performed the experiments: PT MM MLK CJvL JS LAY. Analyzed the data: PT MM MLK CJvL JS LAY AKC VBR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PT MM MLK CJvL JS LAY AKC VBR. Wrote the paper: VBR PT AKC.