About the Authors
- Joseph J. Gillespie
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Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Magda S. Beier
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- M. Sayeedur Rahman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nicole C. Ammerman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joshua M. Shallom
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Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Anjan Purkayastha
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Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Bruno S. Sobral
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Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Abdu F. Azad
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aazad@umaryland.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA JG MB MR. Performed the experiments: JG JS. Analyzed the data: JG JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA BS JG AP. Wrote the paper: AA BS JG MB MR NA AP.