About the Authors

Vijay Sivaraman

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Roger D. Pechous

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nikolas M. Stasulli

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kara R. Eichelberger

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Edward A. Miao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

William E. Goldman

goldman@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS RDP. Performed the experiments: VS RDP NMS. Analyzed the data: VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAM. Wrote the paper: VS RDP WEG.