About the Authors

Paul W. Whitby

pwhitby@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Daniel J. Morton

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Timothy M. VanWagoner

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Biology, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Thomas W. Seale

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Brett K. Cole

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Huda J. Mussa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Phillip A. McGhee

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chee Yoon S. Bauer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jennifer M. Springer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Terrence L. Stull

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PWW DJM TMV TWS TLS. Performed the experiments: PWW DJM TMV TWS BKC HJM PAM CYS JMS. Analyzed the data: PWW DJM TMV TWS TLS. Wrote the paper: PWW DJM TMV TWS TLS.