About the Authors

Qigui Yu

andyu@iupui.edu (QY); scott.gray.owen@utoronto.ca (SG)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Edith M. C. Chow

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, and 3Clinical Sciences Division, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shannon E. McCaw

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, and 3Clinical Sciences Division, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ningjie Hu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Daniel Byrd

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Tohti Amet

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sishun Hu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mario A. Ostrowski
Scott D. Gray-Owen

andyu@iupui.edu (QY); scott.gray.owen@utoronto.ca (SG)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, and 3Clinical Sciences Division, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QY MAO SDG. Performed the experiments: QY EC SM NH. Analyzed the data: QY EC SM NH DB TA SH MAO SDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QY MAO SDG. Wrote the paper: QY MAO SDG.