About the Authors

Girish C. Melkani

gmelkani@mail.sdsu.edu (GCM); kocorr@sanfordburnham.org (KO)

Affiliations Department of Biology, Molecular Biology and Heart Institutes, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Development and Aging Program, Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Adriana S. Trujillo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Molecular Biology and Heart Institutes, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Raul Ramos

Affiliation Department of Biology, Molecular Biology and Heart Institutes, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Rolf Bodmer

Affiliation Development and Aging Program, Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sanford I. Bernstein

Affiliation Department of Biology, Molecular Biology and Heart Institutes, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Karen Ocorr

gmelkani@mail.sdsu.edu (GCM); kocorr@sanfordburnham.org (KO)

Affiliation Development and Aging Program, Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GCM SIB RB KO. Performed the experiments: GCM AST RR. Analyzed the data: GCM AST RR SIB RB KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GCM SIB RB KO. Wrote the paper: GCM AST SIB RB KO.