About the Authors

Hanjun Guan

hguan2@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building, 741 South Limestone St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0509, United States of America

K. Martin Chow

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building, 741 South Limestone St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0509, United States of America

Eunsuk Song

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building, 741 South Limestone St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0509, United States of America

Nirmal Verma

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, 459 Wethington Bldg., 800 Rose St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0200, United States of America

Florin Despa

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, 459 Wethington Bldg., 800 Rose St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0200, United States of America

Louis B. Hersh

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building, 741 South Limestone St., Lexington, KY, 40536–0509, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HG LBH. Performed the experiments: HG KMC NV ESS. Analyzed the data: HG LBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD. Wrote the paper: HG FD LBH.