About the Authors

Leah H. Matzat

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ryan K. Dale

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nellie Moshkovich

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Elissa P. Lei

leielissa@niddk.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LHM RKD EPL. Performed the experiments: LHM. Analyzed the data: LHM RKD EPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHM RKD NM EPL. Wrote the paper: LHM RKD EPL.