About the Authors

Mariana Bollo

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariana Bollo, R. Madelaine Paredes

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina

R. Madelaine Paredes

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariana Bollo, R. Madelaine Paredes

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Deborah Holstein

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Nadezhda Zheleznova

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Patricia Camacho

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

James D. Lechleiter

Lechleiter@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB RMP PC JL. Performed the experiments: MB RMP DH NZ. Analyzed the data: MB RMP DH NZ JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB RMP. Wrote the paper: MB PC JL. Edited the manuscript, wrote figure legends, and helped with the outline of the paper: RMP.