About the Authors

Shaobin Shang

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

Sarah Siddiqui

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

Yao Bian

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

Jie Zhao

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

Chyung-Ru Wang

chyung-ru-wang@northwestern.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSh CRW. Performed the experiments: SSh SSi YB JZ. Analyzed the data: SSh CRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ. Wrote the paper: SSh SSi YB CRW.