About the Authors

Mark A Samols

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , Medical Scientist Training Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Rebecca L Skalsky

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ann M Maldonado

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Alberto Riva

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , Genetics Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

M. Cecilia Lopez

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Henry V Baker

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , Genetics Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Rolf Renne

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rrenne@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America , Genetics Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

MAS, RLS, and RR conceived and designed the experiments and wrote the paper. MAS, RLS, AMM, and MCL performed the experiments. MAS, RLS, AR, MCL, and HVB analyzed the data. AR, HVB, and RR contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.