About the Authors

Edwin J. Vazquez-Cintron

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Maksim Vakulenko

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Philip A. Band

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, United States of America

Larry H. Stanker

Affiliation USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Albany, California, United States of America

Eric A. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Konstantin Ichtchenko

ichtck01@med.nyu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJV-C PAB LHS KI. Performed the experiments: EJV-C MV KI. Analyzed the data: EJV-C PAB LHS EAJ KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJV-C PAB LHS EAJ KI. Wrote the paper: EJV-C PAB KI.