About the Authors

Justin W. Flatt

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Tara L. Fox

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Natalia Makarova

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jerry L. Blackwell

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Igor P. Dmitriev

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Elena A. Kashentseva

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David T. Curiel

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Phoebe L. Stewart

pls47@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLB DTC PLS. Performed the experiments: JWF TLF. Analyzed the data: JWF TFL PLS. Wrote the paper: JWF TLF JLB DTC PLS. Helped analyze perspective with respect to virology and immunology: NM IPD EAK.