About the Authors

Michael W. Nestor

Current address: National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Training Program in Integrative Membrane Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Xiang Cai

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michele R. Stone

Current address: Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Bloch

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Training Program in Integrative Membrane Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott M. Thompson

sthom003@umaryland.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Training Program in Integrative Membrane Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWN RJB SMT. Performed the experiments: MWN XC. Analyzed the data: MWN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRS. Wrote the paper: MWN RJB SMT.