About the Authors

Chau Huynh

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaojing Yuan

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Danilo C. Miguel

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Rebecca L. Renberg

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Olga Protchenko

Affiliation Genetics and Metabolism Section, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Caroline C. Philpott

Affiliation Genetics and Metabolism Section, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Iqbal Hamza

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Norma W. Andrews

andrewsn@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH XY DCM RLR OP CCP IH NWA. Performed the experiments: CH XY RLR DCM OP. Analyzed the data: CH XY DCM RLR OP CCP IH NWA. Wrote the paper: CH IH NWA.