About the Authors

Thyagarajan Srikantha

Contributed equally to this work with: Thyagarajan Srikantha, Karla J. Daniels

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Karla J. Daniels

Contributed equally to this work with: Thyagarajan Srikantha, Karla J. Daniels

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Claude Pujol

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Nidhi Sahni

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Song Yi

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

David R. Soll

david-soll@uiowa.edu

Affiliation The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRS, TS, KJD. Performed the experiments: TS, KJD, CP, NS, SY. Analyzed the data: DRS, KLD, TS, CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS, KJD, CP, NS, SY. Wrote the paper: DRS.