About the Authors

Brian D. Slaughter

Affiliation The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Joseph M. Huff

Affiliation The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Winfried Wiegraebe

Affiliation The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Joel W. Schwartz

Affiliation The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Rong Li

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rli@stowers-institute.org

Affiliation The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL BS JS JH. Performed the experiments: BS. Analyzed the data: BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS JH WW. Wrote the paper: RL BS.