About the Authors

Yi Jia

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Joanne Domenico

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Christina Swasey

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Meiqin Wang

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Erwin W. Gelfand

GelfandE@NJHealth.org

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Joseph J. Lucas

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ JJL. Performed the experiments: YJ JD CS MW JJL. Analyzed the data: YJ MW JJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJ JJL. Wrote the paper: YJ JJL EWG.