About the Authors

Heidi M. Blank

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Shefali Gajjar

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Andrey Belyanin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Michael Polymenis

polymenis@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMB MP. Performed the experiments: HMB SG AB MP. Analyzed the data: HMB SG AB MP. Wrote the paper: HMB MP.