About the Authors

Simpla Mahato

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Shinichi Morita

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Abraham E. Tucker

Affiliation Department of Biology, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, United States of America

Xulong Liang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Magdalena Jackowska

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Markus Friedrich

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Yasuhiro Shiga

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Andrew C. Zelhof

azelhof@indiana.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACZ. Performed the experiments: SMa AET SMo XL MJ MF YS ACZ. Analyzed the data: MF YS ACZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMa AET SMo XL MJ MF YS ACZ. Wrote the paper: ACZ MF YS.