About the Authors

Kenneth R. Peterson

kpeterson@kumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Flávia C. Costa

Current address: College of Biosciences, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Halyna Fedosyuk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Renee Y. Neades

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Allen M. Chazelle

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Lesya Zelenchuk

Current address: The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Andrea H. Fonteles

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Parmita Dalal

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Anuradha Roy

Affiliation High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Rathnam Chaguturu

Current address: SRI International, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Biaoru Li

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Betty S. Pace

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRP FCC RYN AR RC BSP. Performed the experiments: KRP FCC HF RYN AMC LZ AHF PD AR BL BSP. Analyzed the data: KRP FCC HF RYN AMC PD AR RC BSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRP RYN BL BSP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KRP FCC RYN AR BSP.