About the Authors

Kriti Bahl

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Naava Naslavsky

scaplan@unmc.edu (SC); nnaslavsky@unmc.edu (NN)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Steve Caplan

scaplan@unmc.edu (SC); nnaslavsky@unmc.edu (NN)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

Steve Caplan serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB NN SC. Performed the experiments: KB. Analyzed the data: KB NN SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB NN SC. Wrote the paper: KB NN SC.