About the Authors

Michael R. Dores

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America, Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, United States of America

Neil J. Grimsey

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America

Francisco Mendez

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America

JoAnn Trejo

joanntrejo@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRD NJG. Performed the experiments: MRD NJG FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRD NJG FM. Wrote the paper: MRD NJG JT.