About the Authors

Ram Naresh Pandey

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Tim Sen Wang

Current address: Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Emmanuel Tadjuidje

Current address: Biology Department, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew G. McDonald

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Allan E. Rettie

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rashmi S. Hegde

rashmi.hegde@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSH. Performed the experiments: RNP TSW ET. Analyzed the data: RNP TSW ET MGM AER RSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGM AER. Wrote the manuscript: RSH RNP TSW ET MGM AER.