About the Authors

Benjamin C. Stark

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Michael L. James

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Luther W. Pollard

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Vladimir Sirotkin

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Matthew Lord

matthew.lord@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BCS VS ML. Performed the experiments: BCS MLJ LWP VS ML. Analyzed the data: BCS ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BCS LWP ML. Wrote the paper: BCS ML.