About the Authors

Brigitte Bollag

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte Bollag, Catherine A. Hofstetter

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Catherine A. Hofstetter

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte Bollag, Catherine A. Hofstetter

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marta M. Reviriego-Mendoza

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Richard J. Frisque

rjf6@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB CAH MMRM RF. Performed the experiments: BB CAH MMRM. Analyzed the data: BB CAH MMRM RF. Wrote the paper: BB CAH RF.