About the Authors

Ying Zhu

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

Suzane Ramos da Silva

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

Meilan He

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

Qiming Liang

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

Chun Lu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiansu, People's Republic of China

Pinghui Feng

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

Jae U. Jung

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

Shou-Jiang Gao

shoujiag@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 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: SJG YZ SRdS. Performed the experiments: YZ SRdS MH. Analyzed the data: YZ SRdS CL PF JUJ SJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ SRdS MH QL CL PF JUJ SJG. Wrote the paper: YZ SRdS CL PF JUJ SJG.