About the Authors

Sabitha Prabhakaran

Affiliations Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xiaowen Liang

Affiliation Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jonathan T. Skare

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jennifer R. Potts

Affiliation Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Magnus Höök

mhook@ibt.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP MH. Performed the experiments: SP. Analyzed the data: SP JS JP MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP XL. Wrote the paper: SP MH.