About the Authors
- Sherwood R. Casjens
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* E-mail: sherwood.casjens@path.utah.edu
Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Emmanuel F. Mongodin
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Wei-Gang Qiu
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Benjamin J. Luft
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Health Science Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Steven E. Schutzer
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Eddie B. Gilcrease
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Wai Mun Huang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Marija Vujadinovic
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- John K. Aron
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Levy C. Vargas
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Sam Freeman
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Diana Radune
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Janice F. Weidman
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Current address: Virginia, United States of America
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- George I. Dimitrov
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Current address: Center for Genomic Sciences, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Hoda M. Khouri
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Current address: Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Julia E. Sosa
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Rebecca A. Halpin
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- John J. Dunn
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Affiliation Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America
- Claire M. Fraser
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SRC WMH WGQ BJL JJD SES CMF. Performed the experiments: EFM EBG MV DR JKA LCV SF JFW GID HMK JES RAH SRC. Analyzed the data: SRC EBG MV LCV SF WGQ EFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRC BJL WGQ EFM CMF. Wrote the paper: SRC.