About the Authors

Kathleen L. DeCicco-Skinner

Contributed equally to this work with: Kathleen L. DeCicco-Skinner, Sabrina J. Nolan

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Sabrina J. Nolan

Contributed equally to this work with: Kathleen L. DeCicco-Skinner, Sabrina J. Nolan

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Monika M. Deshpande

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Erika L. Trovato

Affiliations Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC, United States of America, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Taylor A. Dempsey

Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jonathan S. Wiest

jwiest@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD JW SN. Performed the experiments: KD SN ET MD TD. Analyzed the data: KD SN JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW KD. Wrote the paper: KD JW.