About the Authors

Gideon W. Blumstein

Current address: Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Arya Parsa

Current address: Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, House Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Anthony K. Park

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Beverly L. P. McDowell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Melissa Arroyo-Mendoza

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Marie Girguis

Current address: School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Jill P. Adler-Moore

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Jon Olson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Nancy E. Buckley

nebuckley@csupomona.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NEB GWB. Performed the experiments: GWB AP AKP BLPM MAM MG JO. Analyzed the data: NEB GWB AP AKP BLPM MAM MG JO JPAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEB JPAM. Wrote the paper: NEB JPAM. Revised the paper: NEB JPAM GWB AP AKP BLPM MAM MG JO.