About the Authors

Tammy J. Westmoreland

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sajith M. Wickramasekara

Affiliation North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrew Y. Guo

Affiliation North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Alice L. Selim

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Tiffany S. Winsor

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Arno L. Greenleaf

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kimberly L. Blackwell

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

John A. Olson Jr

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeffrey R. Marks

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig B. Bennett

bennett048@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJW JRM CBB. Performed the experiments: TJW SMW AYG ALS TSW CBB. Analyzed the data: CBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALG KLB JAOJ. Wrote the paper: JRM CBB.