About the Authors

Wei D. Duan-Porter

Affiliation Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC, 27705, United States of America

Virgil L. Woods Jr.

† Deceased.

Affiliation University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Room 4011, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0656, United States of America

Kimberly D. Maurer

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, Suite 4200, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States of America

Sheng Li

Affiliation University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Room 4011, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0656, United States of America

Antony Rosen

arosen@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, Suite 4200, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WDP VLW KDM AR. Performed the experiments: WDP VLW KDM. Analyzed the data: WDP VLW KDM SL AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VLW SL AR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WDP KDM AR.