About the Authors

Gregory A. Sowd

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Nancy Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ellen Fanning

ellen.fanning@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAS EF. Performed the experiments: GAS NYL. Analyzed the data: GAS NYL EF. Wrote the paper: GAS EF.