About the Authors

Jorge D. Mendez-Rios

Affiliations Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Craig A. Martens

Affiliation Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Daniel P. Bruno

Affiliation Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Stephen F. Porcella

Affiliation Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Zhi-Ming Zheng

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bernard Moss

bmoss@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ BM. Performed the experiments: JM DB. Analyzed the data: JM CM DB SP BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ. Wrote the paper: JM BM.