About the Authors
- Yan Chen
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Affiliations Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Som S. Chatterjee
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Affiliation Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Stephen F. Porcella
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Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Yun-Song Yu
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Michael Otto
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* E-mail: motto@niaid.nih.gov
Affiliation Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Michael Otto is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SC SP YY MO. Performed the experiments: YC. Analyzed the data: SP MO. Wrote the manuscript: MO.