About the Authors

Helena E. Christiansen

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael R. Lang

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, University Clinic Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James M. Pace

jpace@u.washington.edu (JP); dparichy@u.washington.edu (DP)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David M. Parichy

jpace@u.washington.edu (JP); dparichy@u.washington.edu (DP)

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HEC JMP DMP. Performed the experiments: HEC MRL. Analyzed the data: HEC MRL JMP DMP. Wrote the paper: HEC DMP.