About the Authors

James A. Stahl

Affiliation Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Shweta S. Chavan

Affiliations Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, UALR/UAMS Joint Program in Bioinformatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Sifford

Affiliation Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Veronica MacLeod

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Daniel E. Voth

Affiliation Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Ricky D. Edmondson

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

J. Craig Forrest

JCForrest@uams.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCF RDE JAS JMS. Performed the experiments: JAS JMS SSC VM RDE JCF. Analyzed the data: JAS SSC JMS RDE JCF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEV. Wrote the paper: JAS JMS SSC RDE JCF.