About the Authors

Chad R. Sethman

Current address: Waynesburg University, Department of Biology, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jacek Hawiger

jacek.hawiger@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRS JH. Performed the experiments: CRS. Analyzed the data: CRS JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRS. Wrote the paper: CRS JH.