About the Authors

Tongjun Gu
Frank W. Buaas
Allen K. Simons
Cheryl L. Ackert-Bicknell
Robert E. Braun

Bob.Braun@jax.org (REB); Matt.Hibbs@jax.org (MAH)

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Matthew A. Hibbs

Bob.Braun@jax.org (REB); Matt.Hibbs@jax.org (MAH)

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG CLAB REB MAH. Performed the experiments: TG CLAB AKS FWB. Analyzed the data: TG AKS MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TG AKS CLAB FWB MAH. Wrote the paper: TG MAH.