About the Authors
- Steven E. Schutzer
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* E-mail: schutzer@umdnj.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Linda R. K. Schlater
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Catherine M. Ronning
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- David DeShazer
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Affiliation U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
- Benjamin J. Luft
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- John J. Dunn
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Affiliation Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America
- Jacques Ravel
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Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Claire M. Fraser-Liggett
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Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- William C. Nierman
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Affiliations J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CF SS BL LS JD. Performed the experiments: LS WN CR. Analyzed the data: CF SS JR DD BL LS JD WN CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD LS WN. Wrote the paper: CF SS DD BL LS JD WN CR. Other: Figure construction: JR.