About the Authors

Cathleen M. Lake

cml@stowers.org

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Rachel J. Nielsen

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

R. Scott Hawley

Affiliations Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CML RJN RSH. Performed the experiments: CML RJN. Analyzed the data: CML RJN RSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CML RJN. Wrote the paper: CML RJN RSH.