About the Authors

Kaushali Thakore-Shah

Affiliation Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States of America

Tasneem Koleilat

Affiliation California State University, Northridge, CA, 91325, United States of America

Majib Jan

Affiliation California State University, Northridge, CA, 91325, United States of America

Alan John

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States of America

April D. Pyle

apyle@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTS ADP. Performed the experiments: KTS TK MJ AJ. Analyzed the data: KTS ADP TK MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADP. Wrote the paper: KTS ADP.