About the Authors

Jianpeng Xu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

C. Todd Davis

Affiliation Influenza Division, Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mary C. Christman

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Pierre Rivailler

Affiliation Influenza Division, Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Haizhen Zhong

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ruben O. Donis

Affiliation Influenza Division, Molecular Virology and Vaccines Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Guoqing Lu

glu3@unomaha.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL ROD. Performed the experiments: JX. Analyzed the data: JX CTD HZ PR. Wrote the paper: JX GL ROD MCC CTD HZ PR.