About the Authors

Tsuyoshi Tokusumi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Richard Paul Sorrentino

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Mark Russell

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Roberto Ferrarese

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Shubha Govind

Affiliation Department of Biology, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert A. Schulz

rschulz@nd.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT RPS MDR RF SG RAS. Performed the experiments: TT RPS MDR RF. Analyzed the data: TT RPS MDR RF SG RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG RAS. Wrote the paper: TT RAS.