About the Authors

Nataly Perez

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jeanette Treviño

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zhuyun Liu

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Siu Chun Michael Ho

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul Babitzke

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul Sumby

psumby@tmhs.org

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS. Performed the experiments: NP JT ZL SCMH PS. Analyzed the data: ZL PB PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS. Wrote the paper: PS.