About the Authors

Joseph T. Alaimo

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph T. Alaimo, Natalie H. Hahn

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Natalie H. Hahn

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph T. Alaimo, Natalie H. Hahn

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Sureni V. Mullegama

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sarah H. Elsea

elsea@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NHH SHE SVM. Performed the experiments: NHH SVM. Analyzed the data: NHH SHE JTA SVM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JTA SHE NHH SVM.