About the Authors

Lauren S. Sherman

Current Address: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Catherine S. Schrankel

Current Address: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Kristy J. Brown

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

L. Courtney Smith

csmith@gwu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LSS CSS LCS. Performed the experiments: LSS CSS. Analyzed the data: LSS CSS KJB LCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJB LCS. Wrote the paper: LCS CSS KJB LCS.