About the Authors
- Ting Feng
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Yingzi Cong
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Departments of Microbiology/Immunology and Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Katie Alexander
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Charles O. Elson
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* E-mail: coelson@uab.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TF YC COE. Performed the experiments: TF YC KLA. Analyzed the data: TF YC COE. Wrote the paper: TF YC COE.