About the Authors

Yi-Cheng Sun

sunyc@ipbcams.ac.cn

Current address: Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Alexandra Koumoutsi

Affiliation Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Clayton Jarrett

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Kevin Lawrence

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Frank C. Gherardini

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Creg Darby

Affiliation Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

B. Joseph Hinnebusch

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCS CD BJH. Performed the experiments: YCS AK CJ KL BJH. Analyzed the data: YCS KL BJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCG CD BJH. Wrote the paper: YCS BJH.