About the Authors

Amit Sharma

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Alison Slaughter

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Nivedita Jena

Affiliation Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Lei Feng

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jacques J. Kessl

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Hind J. Fadel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine & Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Nirav Malani

Affiliation Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frances Male

Affiliation Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Li Wu

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Eric Poeschla

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine & Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Frederic D. Bushman

Affiliation Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James R. Fuchs

Affiliation Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

kvaratskhelia.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Center for Retrovirus Research and College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests. GSB was a gift from Gilead Biosciences. There are no other connections (patents, consultation, products in development etc). This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK JRF FDB EP LW ASh. Performed the experiments: ASh ASl NJ LF JJK FM. Analyzed the data: NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJ EP HJF. Wrote the paper: MK ASh.