About the Authors

Eitaro Aihara

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Chet Closson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Andrea L. Matthis

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Michael A. Schumacher

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Amy C. Engevik

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yana Zavros

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Karen M. Ottemann

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Marshall H. Montrose

mhm@uc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA CC MHM. Performed the experiments: EA CC ALM MAS ACE YZ. Analyzed the data: EA CC ACE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ KMO MHM. Wrote the paper: EA MHM.