About the Authors

Jaynee R. Kim

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Kenneth A. Hayes

Affiliations Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Norine W. Yeung

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Robert H. Cowie

cowie@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRK KAH NWY RHC. Performed the experiments: JRK KAH NWY. Analyzed the data: JRK KAH NWY RHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRK KAH NWY RHC. Wrote the paper: JRK KAH NWY RHC.