About the Authors

Maya Styner

mstyner@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark B. Meyer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kornelia Galior

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Natasha Case

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Zhihui Xie

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Buer Sen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

William R. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

John Wesley Pike

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Janet Rubin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS JR. Performed the experiments: MBM KG. Analyzed the data: MS MBM KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC ZX BS WRT JWP. Wrote the paper: MS MBM KG JWP JR.