About the Authors

Holly A. Cyphert

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Kimberly M. Alonge

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Siri M. Ippagunta

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

F. Bradley Hillgartner

fbhillgartner@hsc.wvu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAC KMA SMI FBH. Performed the experiments: HAC KMA SMI FBH. Analyzed the data: HAC KMA SMI FBH. Wrote the paper: HAC FBH.