About the Authors
- Steven D Mason
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Affiliation Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Richard A Howlett
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Affiliation Division of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Matthew J Kim
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Affiliation Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- I. Mark Olfert
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Affiliation Division of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Michael C Hogan
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Affiliation Division of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Wayne McNulty
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Affiliation Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Reed P Hickey
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Affiliation Cardiology Division, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Peter D Wagner
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Affiliation Division of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
- C. Ronald Kahn
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Affiliation Joslin Diabetes Foundation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Frank J Giordano
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Affiliation Cardiology Division, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Randall S Johnson
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rjohnson@biomail.ucsd.edu
Affiliation Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Conflicts of interest. The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.
Author Contributions
RSJ conceived and designed the experiments. SDM, RAH, MJK, IMO, WM, RPH, and FJG performed the experiments. SDM, RAH, MJK, IMO, MCH, PDW, FJG, and RSJ analyzed the data. CRK and RSJ contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SDM and RSJ wrote the paper.