About the Authors

Cynthia N. Perry

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Chengqun Huang

Affiliation SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Wayne Liu

Affiliation SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Najib Magee

Affiliation SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Raquel Sousa Carreira

Affiliation SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Roberta A. Gottlieb

robbieg@sciences.sdsu.edu

Affiliation SDSU Bioscience Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNP CH RAG RSC. Performed the experiments: CNP NM WL CH RSC. Analyzed the data: CNP RAG RSC CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNP CH WL NM RSC RA. Wrote the paper: CNP RA.