About the Authors

Yinfeng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Susan J. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Sarah L. French

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Martha L. Sikes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Olga V. Viktorovskaya

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jacalyn Huband

Affiliation The University of Virginia Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Katherine Holcomb

Affiliation The University of Virginia Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

John L. Hartman IV

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ann L. Beyer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

David A. Schneider

dschneid@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, 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: YZ SJA SLF ALB DAS. Performed the experiments: YZ SJA SLF MLS OVV. Analyzed the data: YZ SJA SLF JH KH JLH ALB DAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH KH JLH ALB DAS. Wrote the paper: YZ DAS.