About the Authors
- Connie Slocum
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Stephen R. Coats
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Affiliation Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Ning Hua
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Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Carolyn Kramer
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- George Papadopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ellen O. Weinberg
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Cynthia V. Gudino
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- James A. Hamilton
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Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Richard P. Darveau
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Affiliation Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Caroline A. Genco
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* E-mail: cgenco@bu.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CS CAG. Performed the experiments: CS NH CK GP EOW CVG. Analyzed the data: CS NH GP CVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRC JAH RPD CAG. Wrote the paper: CS SRC RPD CAG.