About the Authors

Dawn E. Clendenning

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Douglas P. Mortlock

mortlock@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEC DPM. Performed the experiments: DEC. Analyzed the data: DEC DPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEC DPM. Wrote the paper: DEC DPM.