About the Authors

Ryan R. White

Current address: Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Patricia Sung

Affiliation Developmental Biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

C. Greer Vestal

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory Benedetto

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Noelle Cornelio

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Christine Richardson

caricha2@uncc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRW PS CR. Performed the experiments: RRW PS CGV GB NC CR. Analyzed the data: RRW CGV GB NC CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS CR. Wrote the manuscript: RRW PS CGV CR.