About the Authors
- David C. Gaston
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Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Carl I. Odom
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Current address: Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Affiliation School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Li Li
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Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- James M. Markert
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Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Justin C. Roth
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Kevin A. Cassady
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Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Richard J. Whitley
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* E-mail: RWhitley@peds.uab.edu
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Jacqueline N. Parker
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Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The 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: DCG KAC RJW JNP. Performed the experiments: DCG CIO LL. Analyzed the data: DCG JMM JCR KAC RJW JNP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM KAC JCR RJW. Wrote the manuscript: DCG RJW JNP.