About the Authors

Ling Li

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Bosiljka Tasic

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kristina D. Micheva

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Vsevolod M. Ivanov

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California, United States of America

Maria L. Spletter

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Stephen J. Smith

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Liqun Luo

lluo@stanford.edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL BT LL. Performed the experiments: LL BT KDM. Analyzed the data: LL BT KDM VMI MLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDM SS. Wrote the paper: LL BT MLS LL.