About the Authors

Deborah G. Conrady

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah G. Conrady, Michael J. Flagler, David R. Friedmann

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Michael J. Flagler

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah G. Conrady, Michael J. Flagler, David R. Friedmann

Current address: Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David R. Friedmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah G. Conrady, Michael J. Flagler, David R. Friedmann

Current address: The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Bradley D. Vander Wielen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rhett A. Kovall

Rhett.Kovall@UC.edu (RAK); Alison.Weiss@UC.edu (AAW); Andrew.Herr@UC.edu (ABH)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alison A. Weiss

Rhett.Kovall@UC.edu (RAK); Alison.Weiss@UC.edu (AAW); Andrew.Herr@UC.edu (ABH)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew B. Herr

Rhett.Kovall@UC.edu (RAK); Alison.Weiss@UC.edu (AAW); Andrew.Herr@UC.edu (ABH)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGC MJF DRF RAK AAW ABH. Performed the experiments: DGC MJF DRF BDVW. Analyzed the data: DGC MJF DRF BDVW RAK AAW ABH. Wrote the paper: DGC MJF DRF BDVW RAK AAW ABH.