About the Authors

Nicolas F. Berbari

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas F. Berbari, Erik B. Malarkey

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Erik B. Malarkey

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas F. Berbari, Erik B. Malarkey

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

S. M. Zaki R. Yazdi

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Andrew D. McNair

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jordyn M. Kippe

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Mandy J. Croyle

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Timothy W. Kraft

Affiliation Department of Vision Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Bradley K. Yoder

byoder@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NFB EBM BKY. Performed the experiments: NFB EBM SMZRY ADM JMK MJC TWK. Analyzed the data: NFB EBM JMK TWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BKY TWK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NFB EBM BKY.