About the Authors

Michelle E. Toomey

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Horacio M. Frydman

hfrydman@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMF MET. Performed the experiments: MET. Analyzed the data: HMF MET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMF. Wrote the paper: HMF MET.