About the Authors

Kiara C. Eldred

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Richard D. Palmiter

palmiter@uw.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDP KCE. Performed the experiments: KCE. Analyzed the data: KCE. Wrote the paper: RDP KCE.