About the Authors

Michiko M. Nakano

Affiliation Department of Science & Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Ann Lin

Affiliation Department of Science & Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Cole S. Zuber

Affiliation Department of Science & Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Kate J. Newberry

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, United States of America

Richard G. Brennan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, United States of America

Peter Zuber

pzuber@ebs.ogi.edu

Affiliation Department of Science & Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN KJN RGB PZ. Performed the experiments: MN AAL CSZ KJN. Analyzed the data: MN AAL KJN RGB PZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN AAL CSZ KJN. Wrote the paper: MN RGB PZ.