About the Authors
- Mariam El-Ashmawy
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Oliver Delgado
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Agnelio Cardentey
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Woodring E. Wright
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Jerry W. Shay
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* E-mail: Jerry.Shay@UTSouthwestern.edu
Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Center for Excellence in Genomics Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: JWS is scientific advisory board member for Reata Pharmaceuticals. Finally, none of the authors’ positions on advisory boards or consultations alters their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ME OD AC. Performed the experiments: ME AC OD. Analyzed the data: ME JWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWS WW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ME JWS.