About the Authors

Shuzi Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Hehua Dai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Ni Wan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Yolonda Moore

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Zhenhua Dai

zhenhua.dai@uthct.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ ZD. Performed the experiments: SZ HD. Analyzed the data: SZ ZD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NW YM. Wrote the paper: SZ ZD.