About the Authors

Francisco J. Maldonado-Arocho

Affiliation Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carlos Green

Affiliation Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael L. Fisher

Current address: The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Affiliation Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michelle K. Paczosa

Affiliation Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joan Mecsas

joan.mecsas@tufts.edu

Affiliations Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJMA MLF JM. Performed the experiments: FJMA CG. Analyzed the data: FJMA JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJMA CG MLF MKP JM. Wrote the paper: FJMA JM.