About the Authors

Mickey Pentecost

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ajay A. Vashisht

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Talia Lester

Contributed equally to this work with: Talia Lester, Tim Voros

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tim Voros

Contributed equally to this work with: Talia Lester, Tim Voros

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shannon M. Beaty

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Arnold Park

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yao E. Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tatyana E Yun

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alexander N. Freiberg

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

James A. Wohlschlegel

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Benhur Lee

benhur.lee@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP AAV SMB BL. Performed the experiments: MP AAV TL TV SMB AP YEW TEY. Analyzed the data: MP AAV TL TV SMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP AP YEW ANF JAW BL. Wrote the paper: MP BL.