About the Authors

Sofya S. Perelman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Michael E. Abrams

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer L. Eitson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Didi Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Alyssa Jimenez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Marcel Mettlen

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

John W. Schoggins

john.schoggins@utsouthwestern.edu (JWS); neal.alto@utsouthwestern.edu (NMA)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Neal M. Alto

john.schoggins@utsouthwestern.edu (JWS); neal.alto@utsouthwestern.edu (NMA)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SSP JWS NMA. Data curation: SSP. Formal analysis: SSP. Funding acquisition: JWS NMA. Investigation: SSP MEA JLE DC AJ MM. Methodology: SSP JWS NMA. Resources: MM JWS NMA. Validation: SSP. Visualization: SSP. Writing – original draft: SSP NMA. Writing – review & editing: SSP MEA JLE DC AJ MM JWS NMA.