About the Authors

Helene Minyi Liu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hideki Aizaki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Keigo Machida

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

J.-H. James Ou

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael M. C. Lai

michlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HML ML. Performed the experiments: HML HA. Analyzed the data: HML JO ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HML HA KM. Wrote the paper: HML ML.