About the Authors

Bidyottam Mittra

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Juliana Perrone Bezerra de Menezes

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratório de Patologia e Biointervenção, CPqGM, FIOCRUZ, Candeal, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Jennifer Jensen

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Vladimir Michailowsky

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Faculdade de Medicina, Setor Parasitologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Norma W. Andrews

andrewsn@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM NWA. Performed the experiments: BM JPBdM MFLS VM JJ. Analyzed the data: BM JPBdM MFLS NWA. Wrote the paper: BM NWA.