About the Authors

Christopher M. Weber

Current address: Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Biology Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Mark Q. Martindale

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Stephen J. Tapscott

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Graciela A. Unguez

gunguez@nmsu.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAU MQM SJT. Performed the experiments: CMW MQM GAU. Analyzed the data: CMW GAU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MQM GAU. Wrote the paper: GAU CMW.