About the Authors

Tal Varsano

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Vanessa Taupin

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lixia Guo

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Oscar Y. Baterina Jr

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Marilyn G. Farquhar

mfarquhar@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TV VT. Performed the experiments: TV LG VT. Analyzed the data: TV MGF VT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TV LG OYB VT. Wrote the paper: TV MGF.