About the Authors

Patrick M. Bales

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Emilija Miljkovic Renke

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Sarah L. May

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yang Shen

Affiliation Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel C. Nelson

nelsond@umd.edu

Affiliations Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMB DCN. Performed the experiments: PMB EMR SLM YS. Analyzed the data: PMB DCN. Wrote the paper: PBM DCN.