About the Authors

Heping Cao

Heping.Cao@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Leesa J. Deterding

Affiliation Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Perry J. Blackshear

Affiliation Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America and Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC. Performed the experiments: HC LJD. Analyzed the data: HC LJD PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC PJB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HC.