About the Authors

Bridget Biersmith

Affiliations Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Ph.D. Program, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Ze Liu

Affiliations Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Ph.D. Program, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Kenneth Bauman

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Erika R. Geisbrecht

geisbrechte@umkc.edu

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERG. Performed the experiments: BB ZL ERG. Analyzed the data: BB ERG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB ZL KB. Wrote the paper: ERG.