About the Authors

Elena O Gracheva

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Anna O Burdina

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrea M Holgado

Affiliation Biology Department, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Martine Berthelot-Grosjean

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Brian D Ackley

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gayla Hadwiger

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michael L Nonet

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Robby M Weimer

Affiliation Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America

Janet E Richmond

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jer@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

EOG, AOB, AMH, MLN, RMW, and JER conceived and designed the experiments. EOG, AOB, AMH, MBG, JER, BDA, GH, and MLN performed the experiments. EOG, AOB, AMH, BDA, and MLN analyzed the data. MLN and RMW contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. EOG, JER, and RMW wrote the paper.