About the Authors

Gerald F. Späth

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Laboratory of Parasite Virulence, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) AVENIR, Paris, France

Paul Schlesinger

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Robert Schreiber

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Stephen M. Beverley

beverley@borcim.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GFS PS SMB. Performed the experiments: GFS PS. Analyzed the data: GFS PS SMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS. Wrote the paper: GFS SMB. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: RS.