About the Authors

Daniel C. Stein

dcstein@umd.edu (DCS); wenxsong@umd.edu (WS)

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Adriana LeVan

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Britney Hardy

Current Address: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Liang-Chun Wang

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Lindsey Zimmerman

Current Address: Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Wenxia Song

dcstein@umd.edu (DCS); wenxsong@umd.edu (WS)

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCS AL WS. Performed the experiments: AL BH LZ. Analyzed the data: DCS AL BH LZ LCW WS. Wrote the paper: DCS AL WS.