About the Authors

Aydan Salman-Dilgimen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Pierre-Olivier Hardy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Justin D. Radolf

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics & Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Melissa J. Caimano

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

George Chaconas

chaconas@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASD POH MJC JDR GC. Performed the experiments: ASD POH MJC . Analyzed the data: ASD POH MJC JDR GC. Wrote the paper: ASD POH MJC JDR GC.