About the Authors

Adam T. Szafran

Affiliation Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maria Szwarc

Affiliation Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Marco Marcelli

Affiliations Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael A. Mancini

mancini@bcm.edu

Affiliation Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATS MM MAM. Performed the experiments: ATS MS. Analyzed the data: ATS MS MM MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATS MM MAM. Wrote the paper: ATS MM MAM.