About the Authors

Steven S. Vogel

stevevog@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tuan A. Nguyen

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

B. Wieb van der Meer

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America

Paul S. Blank

Affiliation Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSV PSB. Performed the experiments: SSV TAN BWvdM. Analyzed the data: SSV TAN BWvdM PSB. Wrote the paper: SSV BWvdM PSB.