About the Authors

Yik-Khuan Ho

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Huijun Zhi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tara Bowlin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Batsukh Dorjbal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Subha Philip

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Muhammad Atif Zahoor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hsiu-Ming Shih

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Oliver John Semmes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, The Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Brian Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. N. Mark Glover

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Chou-Zen Giam

chou-zen.giam@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKH CZG. Performed the experiments: YKH HZ TB BD SP MAZ. Analyzed the data: YKH HZ TB BD SP MAZ CZG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMS OJS BS JNMG. Wrote the paper: YKH CZG.