About the Authors

Darren J. Perkins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Swamy K. Polumuri

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Meghan E. Pennini

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wendy Lai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ping Xie

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Stefanie N. Vogel

svogel@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJP SKP MEP SNV. Performed the experiments: DJP SKP MEP WL PX. Analyzed the data: DJP SNV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PX. Wrote the paper: DJP SNV.