About the Authors

Branislav Nastasijevic

Contributed equally to this work with: Branislav Nastasijevic, Brent R. Wright, John Smestad

Current address: Vinca Institute for Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Brent R. Wright

Contributed equally to this work with: Branislav Nastasijevic, Brent R. Wright, John Smestad

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

John Smestad

Contributed equally to this work with: Branislav Nastasijevic, Brent R. Wright, John Smestad

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Arthur E. Warrington

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Moses Rodriguez

maher@mayo.edu (LJM); rodriguez.moses@mayo.edu (MR)

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

L. James Maher III

maher@mayo.edu (LJM); rodriguez.moses@mayo.edu (MR)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJM MR AW. Performed the experiments: BN BW JS. Analyzed the data: MR BW JS LJM AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJM MR. Wrote the paper: LJM AW MR.