About the Authors
- Kathleen H. Cox
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Eduardo Ruiz-Bustos
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Current address: Departmento de Ciencias Quimico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Harry S. Courtney
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- James B. Dale
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Morgan A. Pence
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Victor Nizet
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Ramy K. Aziz
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Ivan Gerling
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Susan M. Price
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- David L. Hasty
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* E-mail: dhasty@utmem.edu
Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KHC ERB HC JBD DLH. Performed the experiments: KHC ERB HC VN RKA IG SMP. Analyzed the data: KHC ERB HC VN RKA IG DLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAP RKA IG SMP. Wrote the paper: KHC HC JBD VN DLH.