About the Authors

Andrew F. Maule

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew F. Maule, David P. Wright

Current address: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Horticulture, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

David P. Wright

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew F. Maule, David P. Wright

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Joshua J. Weiner

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Lanlan Han

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Francis C. Peterson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Brian F. Volkman

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nicholas R. Silvaggi

a.ulijasz@imperial.ac.uk (ATU); silvaggi@uwm.edu (NRS)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Andrew T. Ulijasz

a.ulijasz@imperial.ac.uk (ATU); silvaggi@uwm.edu (NRS)

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATU NRS BFV FCP. Performed the experiments: NRS FCP DPW LH AFM JJW. Analyzed the data: JJW FCP BFV NRS ATU. Wrote the paper: ATU NRS.