About the Authors

Qosay Al-Balas

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Nahoum G. Anthony

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Bilal Al-Jaidi

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Amani Alnimr

Affiliation Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Grainne Abbott

Affiliation Strathclyde Innovations in Drug Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Alistair K. Brown

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgebaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Rebecca C. Taylor

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgebaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gurdyal S. Besra

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgebaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Timothy D. McHugh

Affiliation Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Stephen H. Gillespie

Affiliation Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Blair F. Johnston

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Simon P. Mackay

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Geoffrey D. Coxon

geoff.coxon@strath.ac.uk

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QAB NA AA AB GSB TDM SHG BJ SM GDC. Performed the experiments: QAB NA BAJ AA GA AB RT. Analyzed the data: QAB NA BAJ AA AB TDM SHG SM GDC. Wrote the paper: GDC.