About the Authors

Erick J. R. Silva

ejrsilva81@gmail.com

Current address: Section of Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Katherine G. Hamil

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael G. O’Rand

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJRS KGH MGO. Performed the experiments: EJRS KGH MGO. Analyzed the data: EJRS KGH MGO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJRS KGH MGO. Wrote the manuscript: EJRS MGO.