About the Authors

Susanta K. Behura

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Morgan Haugen

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Ellen Flannery

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Joseph Sarro

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Charles R. Tessier

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

David W. Severson

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Molly Duman-Scheel

mscheel@nd.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKB DWS MD-S. Performed the experiments: SKB MH EF JS CRT MD-S. Analyzed the data: SKB MH EF JS CRT DWS MD-S. Wrote the paper: SKB MD-S. Table and figure preparation: SKB MH EF MDS.