About the Authors

Katherine Taylor

Current address: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kurt Kleinhesselink

Current address: Monsanto, Woodland, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael D. George

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rachel Morgan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Tangi Smallwood

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Ann S. Hammonds

Affiliation Department of Genome Dynamics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Patrick M. Fuller

Current address: Department of Neurology and Division of Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Perot Saelao

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jeff Alley

Affiliation Laverlam International, Butte, Montana, United States of America

Allen G. Gibbs

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Deborah K. Hoshizaki

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Laurence von Kalm

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Charles A. Fuller

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kathleen M. Beckingham

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Deborah A. Kimbrell

dakimbrell@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Jeff Alley is employed by a commercial company, Laverlam International, there are no products, patents, etc. that are connected to the authors' study. It is just that one of the authors is employed by the company, and this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT KK DAK. Performed the experiments: KT KK MDG RM TS ASH PMF PS AGG DKH LVK DAK. Analyzed the data: KT MDG DAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDG JA AGG DKH LVK CAF KMB. Wrote the paper: KMB DAK.