About the Authors

Jiyoung Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yongjun Tian

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stephanie Tze Chan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ja Yeon Kim

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Cecilia Cho

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jing-hsiung James Ou

jamesou@hsc.usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL YT STC JhJO. Performed the experiments: JL YT STC JYK CC. Analyzed the data: JL YT STC CC JhJO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL YT STC JYK. Wrote the paper: JL JhJO.