About the Authors

Ana Cristina G. Grodzki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Cecilia Giulivi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Pamela J. Lein

pjlein@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACGG CG PJL. Performed the experiments: ACGG CG. Analyzed the data: ACGG CG PJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACGG CG PJL. Wrote the paper: ACGG PJL.