About the Authors

Rachel Raynes

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Kathleen M. Pombier

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Kevin Nguyen

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jessica Brunquell

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jamie E. Mendez

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Sandy D. Westerheide

swesterheide@usf.edu

Affiliation The Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Sandy Westerheide has served as a guest editor for PLOS ONE several times. In addition, Sandy Westerheide became an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE in August of 2012. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR SDW. Performed the experiments: RR KMP KN JB JEM. Analyzed the data: RR KMP KN JB JEM SDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR. Wrote the paper: RR SDW.