About the Authors

Christine Crumbley

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics and Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Yongjun Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics and Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Subhashis Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics and Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Thomas P. Burris

tburris@scripps.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics and Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPB CC. Performed the experiments: CC YW SB. Analyzed the data: CC TPB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPB CC. Wrote the paper: CC TPB.