About the Authors

Tatyana Y. Fedina

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Tsung-Han Kuo

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Klaus Dreisewerd

Affiliation Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Herman A. Dierick

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joanne Y. Yew

Affiliations Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, Singapore

Scott D. Pletcher

spletch@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TYF T-HK HAD JYY SDP. Performed the experiments: TYF T-HK JYY. Analyzed the data: TYF T-HK JYY SDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TYF KD HAD SDP. Wrote the paper: TYF SDP.