About the Authors

Stephan P. Willias

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sadhana Chauhan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Chien-Chi Lo

Affiliation Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Patrick S. G. Chain

Affiliation Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Vladimir L. Motin

vlmotin@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPW PSGC VLM. Performed the experiments: SPW SC CCL. Analyzed the data: SPW CCL PSGC VLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSGC VLM. Wrote the paper: PWS SC CCL PSGC VLM.