About the Authors

Michael R. Dorwart

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Robin Wray

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Chad A. Brautigam

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Youxing Jiang

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Paul Blount

Paul.Blount@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MRD RW CAB YJ PB. Performed the experiments: MRD RW CAB. Analyzed the data: MRD RW CAB PB. Wrote the paper: MRD PB.