About the Authors

João Pedro Pereira

Joao.Pereira@ucsf.edu (JPP); Jason.Cyster@ucsf.edu (JGC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jason G. Cyster

Joao.Pereira@ucsf.edu (JPP); Jason.Cyster@ucsf.edu (JGC)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ying Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPP JC. Performed the experiments: JPP YX. Analyzed the data: JPP JC. Wrote the paper: JPP JC.