About the Authors

Patrick M. Brauer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yu Zheng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mark D. Evans

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Carmen Dominguez-Brauer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Donna M. Peehl

Affiliation Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Angela L. Tyner

atyner@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMB YZ CDB DMP ALT. Performed the experiments: PMB YZ MDE CDB. Analyzed the data: PMB YZ MDE ALT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMP ALT. Wrote the paper: PMB ALT.