About the Authors

Chunyao Wei

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunyao Wei, Elizabeth J. Thatcher

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Elizabeth J. Thatcher

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunyao Wei, Elizabeth J. Thatcher

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Abigail F. Olena

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Diana J. Cha

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ana L. Perdigoto

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrew F. Marshall

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bruce D. Carter

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kendal Broadie

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

James G. Patton

James.G.Patton@Vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW EJT JGP. Performed the experiments: CW EJT AFO DJC ALP AFM. Analyzed the data: CW EJT AFO BDC KB JGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW EJT ALP. Wrote the paper: CW KB JGP.