About the Authors

Jonathan H. Foley

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Thomas Orfeo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Anetta Undas

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland

Kelley C. McLean

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Ira M. Bernstein

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Georges-Etienne Rivard

Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Canada

Kenneth G. Mann

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Stephen J. Everse

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Kathleen E. Brummel-Ziedins

Kathleen.brummel@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHF TO SJE KEBZ. Performed the experiments: JHF. Analyzed the data: JHF KEBZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AU KCM IMB GER KGM. Wrote the paper: JHF KEBZ.