About the Authors

Joanne M. Kingsbury

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Neelam D. Sen

Current address: Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Maria E. Cardenas

carde004@mc.duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMK MEC NDS. Performed the experiments: JMK MEC NDS. Analyzed the data: JMK MEC NDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMK MEC NDS. Wrote the paper: JMK MEC.