About the Authors

Rachel Williams

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Honghong Yao

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Navneet K. Dhillon

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Shilpa J. Buch

sbuch@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW SB. Performed the experiments: RW HY SB. Analyzed the data: RW NKD SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB. Wrote the paper: RW SB.