About the Authors

Timothy E. Richardson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The Cecil H. & Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Karen M. Chapman

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The Cecil H. & Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Christina Tenenhaus Dann

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Robert E. Hammer

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The Cecil H. & Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

F. Kent Hamra

Kent.Hamra@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, The Cecil H. & Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FKH. Performed the experiments: TER KMC FKH. Analyzed the data: TER KMC CTD REH FKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMC CTD REH FKH. Wrote the paper: FKH.