About the Authors

Guozhong Huang

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Paul N. Ulrich

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa Storey

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Darryl Johnson

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Julie Tischer

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Javier A. Tovar

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Silvia N. J. Moreno

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ron Orlando

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Roberto Docampo

rdocampo@uga.edu

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH DJ SNJM RO RD. Performed the experiments: GH PNU MS DJ JT JAT. Analyzed the data: GH PNU DJ JAT RO RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PNU JAT SNJM RO. Wrote the paper: GH PNU DJ RD.