About the Authors

Smita Raghava

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristina M. Giorda

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fabian B. Romano

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alejandro P. Heuck

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Daniel N. Hebert

dhebert@biochem.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR KMG FBR APH DNH. Performed the experiments: SR KMG FBR. Analyzed the data: SR KMG FBR APH DNH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR KMG FBR APH DNH. Wrote the paper: SR KMG FBR APH DNH.