About the Authors

Xiangle Sun

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Harlan P. Jones

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Nicole Dobbs

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Sheetal Bodhankar

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Jerry W. Simecka

jerry.simecka@unthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS HJ SB ND JWS. Performed the experiments: XS HJ ND. Analyzed the data: XS SB ND HJ JWS. Wrote the paper: XS HJ SB ND JWS.