About the Authors
- Elena S Lysenko
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Thomas B Clarke
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Mikhail Shchepetov
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Adam J Ratner
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¤ Current address: Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- David I Roper
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Christopher G Dowson
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Jeffrey N Weiser
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: weiser@mail.med.upenn.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ESL, AJR, and JNW conceived and designed the experiments. ESL, TBC, and MS performed the experiments. ESL and JNW analyzed the data. TBC, DIR, and CGD contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. JNW wrote the paper.