About the Authors

Vikash J. Bhagwandin

vikash.bhagwandin@va.gov

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, G.W. Hooper Research Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

J. Michael Bishop

Affiliation G.W. Hooper Research Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Woodring E. Wright

‡ WEW and JWS are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Jerry W. Shay

‡ WEW and JWS are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VJB WEW JWS. Performed the experiments: VJB. Analyzed the data: VJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMB WEW JWS. Wrote the paper: VJB JMB JWS.