About the Authors

Ilya B. Tikh

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Maureen B. Quin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

schmi232@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IBT MBQ CSD. Performed the experiments: IBT. Analyzed the data: IBT MBQ CSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IBT MBQ CSD. Wrote the paper: IBT MBQ CSD.