About the Authors

Margaret M. McDonnell

Current address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sarah E. Burkhart

Current address: Arizona Department of Public Safety, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jerrad M. Stoddard

Current address: Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zachary J. Wright

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lucia C. Strader

Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Bonnie Bartel

bartel@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCS BB. Performed the experiments: MMM SEB JMS ZJW LCS BB. Analyzed the data: MMM SEB JMS ZJW LCS BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS LCS. Wrote the paper: MMM BB.