About the Authors

Julie S. Pendergast

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wataru Nakamura

Affiliation Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Rio C. Friday

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Fumiyuki Hatanaka

Affiliation Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toru Takumi

Affiliation Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shin Yamazaki

shin.yamazaki@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSP WN TT SY. Performed the experiments: JSP WN RCF FH. Analyzed the data: JSP. Wrote the paper: JSP SY.