About the Authors

Gwendolyn I. Humphreys

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Yvonne S. Ziegler

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Ann M. Nardulli

anardull@illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN YZ GH. Performed the experiments: GH YZ. Analyzed the data: GH AN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GH AN.