About the Authors

Jean F. Regal

jregal@d.umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Kathryn E. Lillegard

Current Address: Data Sciences International, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Ashley J. Bauer

Current Address: Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Barbara J. Elmquist

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Alex C. Loeks-Johnson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFR KEL BJE JSG. Performed the experiments: JFR KEL AJB BJE ACLJ. Analyzed the data: JFR KEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFR JSG. Wrote the paper: JFR KEL AJB BJE ACLJ JSG.