About the Authors

Nabanita Mukherjee

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Brittany L. Carroll

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Spees

Jeffrey.Spees@uvm.edu (JLS); edelay@uvm.edu (ERD)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stem Cell Core, Colchester, Vermont, United States of America

Eugene R. Delay

Jeffrey.Spees@uvm.edu (JLS); edelay@uvm.edu (ERD)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM BLC JLS ERD. Performed the experiments: NM BLC. Analyzed the data: NM EDR JLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDR JLS. Wrote the paper: NM EDR JLS.