About the Authors

Rodrigo Torres

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Robert V. Swift

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Nicholas Chim

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Nicole Wheatley

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Benson Lan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Brian R. Atwood

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Céline Pujol

Current address: DGA Maîtrise NRBC, Le Bouchet, Vert le Petit, France

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Infectious Diseases, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Banu Sankaran

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Berkeley, California, United States of America

James B. Bliska

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Infectious Diseases, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Rommie E. Amaro

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Departments of Computer Science and Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Celia W. Goulding

celia.goulding@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWG REA. Performed the experiments: RT RVS NC NW BL BS BRA. Analyzed the data: RT RVS NC REA CWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP JBB. Wrote the paper: RT RVS NC REA CWG.