About the Authors

Xueping Zhou

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Michael R. Miller

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Md Motaleb

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Nyles W. Charon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Pingnian He

phe@hsc.wvu.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ MRM PH. Performed the experiments: XZ MM. Analyzed the data: XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRM NC PH. Wrote the paper: XZ MRM NC PH.