About the Authors

Austin B. Yongye

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Mirella Vivoli

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Iris Lindberg

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jon R. Appel

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California, United States of America

Richard A. Houghten

Affiliations Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St Lucie, Florida, United States of America, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California, United States of America

Karina Martinez-Mayorga

kmartinez@tpims.org

Affiliations Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St Lucie, Florida, United States of America, Instituto de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABY MV IL JA RAH KMM. Performed the experiments: ABY MV. Analyzed the data: ABY MV IL KMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABY IL KMM. Wrote the paper: ABY MV IL KMM.