About the Authors

Changlong An

Current address: Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Bhupal P. Bhetwal

Current address: Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Kenton M. Sanders

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Avril V. Somlyo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800736, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Brian A. Perrino

bperrino@medicine.nevada.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAP BPB CA KMS. Performed the experiments: BPB CA. Analyzed the data: BAP BPB CA KMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVS BAP BPB CA KMS. Wrote the paper: AVS BAP BPB CA KMS.