About the Authors

Diana D. Villarreal

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Kihoon Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Angela Deem

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Eun Yong Shim

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Anna Malkova

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sang Eun Lee

lees4@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDV EYS SEL. Performed the experiments: DDV KL. Analyzed the data: DDV EYS SEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD AM. Wrote the paper: DDV SEL.