About the Authors

Richard D. Bennett

Current address: Physician Assistant Program, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics Program, Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Mark R. Pittelkow

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Emanuel E. Strehler

strehler.emanuel@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRP EES. Performed the experiments: RDB. Analyzed the data: RDB MRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDB MRP EES. Wrote the paper: RDB EES. Confirmed the pathology reports: MRP.