About the Authors

Christopher McCullough

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Minxiu Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lijun Rong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael Caffrey

caffrey@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM LR MC. Performed the experiments: CM. Analyzed the data: CM MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW. Wrote the paper: CM LR MC.