About the Authors
- Karen E. Beenken
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karen E. Beenken, Lara N. Mrak
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Lara N. Mrak
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karen E. Beenken, Lara N. Mrak
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Linda M. Griffin
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Agnieszka K. Zielinska
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Lindsey N. Shaw
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Kelly C. Rice
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Alexander R. Horswill
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Kenneth W. Bayles
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Mark S. Smeltzer
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* E-mail: smeltzermarks@uams.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KEB LNM AKZ MSS. Performed the experiments: KEB LNM LMG AKZ. Analyzed the data: KEB LNM AKZ LNS MSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCR ARH KWB. Wrote the paper: MSS.