About the Authors

Lokesh Gakhar

Contributed equally to this work with: Lokesh Gakhar, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Protein Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jennifer A. Bartlett

Contributed equally to this work with: Lokesh Gakhar, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jon Penterman

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Dario Mizrachi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Pradeep K. Singh

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rama K. Mallampalli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

S. Ramaswamy

Current address: Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, India

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Protein Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Paul B. McCray Jr.

paul-mccray@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG JB JP PS RKM SR PBMJ. Performed the experiments: LG JB JP. Analyzed the data: LG JB JP PS RKM SR PBMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM PS RKM SR PBMJ. Wrote the paper: LG JB JP PS PBMJ.