About the Authors

Mimi C. Sammarco

msammarc@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jennifer Simkin

Current address: Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Alexander J. Cammack

Current address: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Danielle Fassler

Current address: School of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Alexej Gossmann

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Luis Marrero

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Michelle Lacey

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Keith Van Meter

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Ken Muneoka

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCS JS KVM KM. Performed the experiments: MCS JS AJC DF LM. Analyzed the data: MCS JS AJC DF AG ML KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML KM KVM. Wrote the paper: MCS JS KM.