About the Authors

Paul N. Ulrich

Contributed equally to this work with: Paul N. Ulrich, Veronica Jimenez

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Veronica Jimenez

Contributed equally to this work with: Paul N. Ulrich, Veronica Jimenez

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Miyoung Park

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Vicente P. Martins

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

James Atwood III

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Kristen Moles

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Dalis Collins

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Peter Rohloff

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Rick Tarleton

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Silvia N. J. Moreno

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ron Orlando

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Roberto Docampo

rdocampo@uga.edu

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PNU VJ MP VPM JA PR RT SNJM RO RD. Performed the experiments: PNU VJ MP VPM JA KM DC PR. Analyzed the data: PNU VJ MP VPM JA SNJM RO RD. Wrote the paper: PNU VJ MP VPM JA RO RD.