About the Authors

Elyse K. Paterson

Current address: Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Thomas J. Fielder

Affiliation University of California Irvine Transgenic Mouse Facility, University Laboratory Animal Resources, Office of Research, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Grant R. MacGregor

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Shosuke Ito

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470–1192, Japan

Kazumasa Wakamatsu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470–1192, Japan

Daniel L. Gillen

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Victoria Eby

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Raymond E. Boissy

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Anand K. Ganesan

aganesan@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKP AKG. Performed the experiments: EKP TJF SI KW VE REB. Analyzed the data: EKP SI KW DLG REB AKG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJF GRM SI KW REB. Wrote the paper: EKP GRM DLG REB AKG.