About the Authors

Nicholas J. Negovetich

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Mohammed M. Feeroz

Affiliation Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, People's Republic of Bangladesh

Lisa Jones-Engel

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David Walker

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

S. M. Rabiul Alam

Affiliation Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, People's Republic of Bangladesh

Kamrul Hasan

Affiliation Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, People's Republic of Bangladesh

Patrick Seiler

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Angie Ferguson

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Kim Friedman

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Subrata Barman

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

John Franks

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Jasmine Turner

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Scott Krauss

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard J. Webby

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert G. Webster

robert.webster@stjude.org

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJN MMF LJ-E DW SK RJW RGW. Performed the experiments: NJN MMF DW SMRA KH PS AF KF SB JF JT. Analyzed the data: NJN LJ-E DW SB JF SK RJW RGW. Wrote the paper: NJN MMF LJ-E SK RJW RGW.