About the Authors

Amanda K. Petrus

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Kristen S. Swithers

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Chaman Ranjit

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Si Wu

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richmond, Washington, United States of America

Heather M. Brewer

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richmond, Washington, United States of America

J. Peter Gogarten

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richmond, Washington, United States of America

Kenneth M. Noll

kenneth.noll@uconn.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKP KSS KMN. Performed the experiments: AKP KSS CR HMB SW JPG. Analyzed the data: AKP KSS SW CR JPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPG LP-T KMN. Wrote the paper: AKP KSS CR LP-T JPG KMN.