About the Authors

Anne K. Farina

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Yong-Sik Bong

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Carolyn M. Feltes

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Stephen W. Byers

byerss@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKF CMF SWWB. Performed the experiments: AKF YSB. Analyzed the data: AKF YSB SWWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKF YSB CMF. Wrote the paper: AKF SWWB.