About the Authors

John C. Newman

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Arnold D. Bailey

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hua-Ying Fan

Affiliation Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas Pavelitz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alan M. Weiner

amweiner@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN AB AW. Performed the experiments: JN AB TP HF. Analyzed the data: JN AB TP HF AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN AB. Wrote the paper: JN AW.