About the Authors

Kareem N. Mohni

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Samantha Smith

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Alexander R. Dee

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

April J. Schumacher

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Sandra K. Weller

weller@nso2.uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology and the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNM SS SKW. Performed the experiments: KNM ARD AJS SS. Analyzed the data: KNM SKW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KNM SKW. Wrote the paper: KNM SKW.