About the Authors
- Norberto González-Juarbe
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Ryan Paul Gilley
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Cecilia Anahí Hinojosa
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Kelley Margaret Bradley
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Akinobu Kamei
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Geli Gao
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Peter Herman Dube
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Molly Ann Bergman
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Current address: Belmont, Massachusetts, United States of America
¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Carlos Javier Orihuela
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* E-mail: corihuel@uab.edu
¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NGJ CJO PHD MAB AK. Performed the experiments: NGJ CAH RPG AK GG KMB. Analyzed the data: NGJ MAB CJO AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PHD MAB CJO AK. Wrote the paper: NGJ PHD CJO.