About the Authors

Sricharan Bandhakavi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Hongwei Xie

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Brennon O'Callaghan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Hiroshi Sakurai

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Do-Hyung Kim

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy J. Griffin

*E-mail: tgriffin@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB TG. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: SB TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK SB HX HS. Wrote the paper: SB. Other: Generated digital images: BO.