About the Authors

Xiaobang Hu

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Michelle A. Whaley

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Michelle M. Stein

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Bronwen E. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Joseph E. O'Tousa

jotousa@nd.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH JO. Performed the experiments: XH MW MS BM JO. Analyzed the data: XH MW MS BM JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH JO. Wrote the paper: XH MW JO.