About the Authors
- Tetsuro Ikegami
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* E-mail: teikegam@utmb.edu (TI); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Krishna Narayanan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sungyong Won
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Current address: Department of Genetics, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Wataru Kamitani
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- C. J. Peters
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Shinji Makino
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* E-mail: teikegam@utmb.edu (TI); shmakino@utmb.edu (SM)
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TI SM. Performed the experiments: TI. Analyzed the data: TI KN CJP SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI SW WK CJP SM. Wrote the paper: TI SM.