About the Authors

Erika S. Langsfeld

Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jason M. Bodily

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Laimonis A. Laimins

l-laimins@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESL LAL. Performed the experiments: ESL. Analyzed the data: ESL JMB LAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESL JMB. Wrote the paper: ESL LAL.