About the Authors

Alexander Lorestani

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lilach Sheiner

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Kevin Yang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Seth D. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nivedita Sahoo

Current address: Abexome Biosciences, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, India

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carrie F. Brooks

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

David J. P. Ferguson

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Boris Striepen

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Marc-Jan Gubbels

gubbelsj@bc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL LS NS BS MJG. Performed the experiments: AL LS KY SDR NS DJPF. Analyzed the data: AL LS KY DJPF BS. Wrote the paper: AL BS MJG.