About the Authors

Gaofei Lu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Suzanne E. Matsuura

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Antoni Barrientos

abarrientos@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Walter A. Scott

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL WAS. Performed the experiments: GL SEM. Analyzed the data: GL AB WAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB WAS. Wrote the manuscript: GL AB.