About the Authors

Sarah A. Jung

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christine A. Chapman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wai-Leung Ng

wai-leung.ng@tufts.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAJ WLN. Performed the experiments: SAJ CAC WLN. Analyzed the data: SAJ WLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAJ CAC WLN. Wrote the paper: SAJ WLN.