About the Authors

Jae Won Rhee

Affiliation Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Dongbum Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Byung Kwon Park

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Sanghoon Kwon

Affiliation Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Sunhee Cho

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Ilseob Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Man-Seong Park

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Jae-Nam Seo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Yong-Sun Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Hong Seok Choi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Younghee Lee

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Hyung-Joo Kwon

hjookwon@hallym.ac.kr

Affiliations Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJK MSP YSK YL. Performed the experiments: JWR DK JNS IL BKP SC HSC SK. Analyzed the data: HJK MSP YSK YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJK MSP YL. Wrote the paper: HJK MSP YL.