About the Authors

Kristin R. Wade

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Eileen M. Hotze

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

David E. Briles

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Rodney K. Tweten

Rod-Tweten@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRW EMH RKT. Performed the experiments: KRW EMH. Analyzed the data: KRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KRW DEB RKT.