About the Authors

Stephen B. Beres

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

James M. Musser

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jmmusser@tmh.tmc.edu

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM SB. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: JM SB. Wrote the paper: JM SB.