About the Authors

Catherine E. Dana

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Kristine M. Glauber

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Titus A. Chan

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Diane M. Bridge

Affiliation Department of Biology, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert E. Steele

resteele@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CED KMG DMB RES. Performed the experiments: CED KMG TAC DMB RES. Analyzed the data: CED KMG DMB RES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMB. Wrote the paper: CED KMG DMB RES.