About the Authors

Weihsu C. Chen

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Norihito Kawasaki

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Corwin M. Nycholat

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Shoufa Han

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Julie Pilotte

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Paul R. Crocker

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Biocentre, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

James C. Paulson

jpaulson@scripps.edu

Affiliation Departments of Chemical Physiology and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCC NK JCP. Performed the experiments: WCC NK CMN JP. Analyzed the data: WCC NK CMN JP JCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMN SH PRC. Wrote the paper: WCC NK CMN JCP. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: WCC NK JCP CMN JP SH PRC.