About the Authors

Michael Allevato

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Eugene Bolotin

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Mark Grossman

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Daniel Mane-Padros

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Frances M. Sladek

ernest.martinez@ucr.edu (E.M.); frances.sladek@ucr.edu (F.M.S.)

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Ernest Martinez

ernest.martinez@ucr.edu (E.M.); frances.sladek@ucr.edu (F.M.S.)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EM FMS MA. Data curation: MA EB FMS EM. Formal analysis: MA EB EM. Funding acquisition: EM FMS. Investigation: MA EB MG DM-P EM. Methodology: FMS EM MA EB. Project administration: EM FMS. Resources: EM FMS. Supervision: EM FMS. Validation: MA EB MG DM-P. Visualization: MA EB FMS EM. Writing – original draft: MA EM. Writing – review & editing: MA EB MG DM-P FMS EM.