About the Authors

Danielle A. Orozco-Nunnelly

Affiliation Molecular, Cell and Developmental Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

DurreShahwar Muhammad

Affiliation Molecular, Cell and Developmental Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Raquel Mezzich

Affiliation Molecular, Cell and Developmental Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Bao-Shiang Lee

Affiliation Protein Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lasanthi Jayathilaka

Affiliation Protein Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lon S. Kaufman

Affiliation Molecular, Cell and Developmental Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Katherine M. Warpeha

kwarpeha@uic.edu

Affiliation Molecular, Cell and Developmental Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAO-N KMW LSK. Performed the experiments: DAO-N DM RM B-SL LJ KMW. Analyzed the data: DAO-N DM B-SL LJ KMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAO-N DM KMW. Wrote the paper: DAO-N KMW.