About the Authors

Scott Ditch

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Mimi C. Sammarco

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Ayan Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Ed Grabczyk

egrabc@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD EG. Performed the experiments: SD. Analyzed the data: SD EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCS AB EG. Wrote the paper: SD EG. Critical review of the manuscript: MCS, AB.