About the Authors

Windy A. Boyd

Affiliation Biomoleclular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Marjolein V. Smith

Affiliation SRA International, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Grace E. Kissling

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Julie R. Rice

Affiliation Biomoleclular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel W. Snyder

Affiliation Biomoleclular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher J. Portier

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Jonathan H. Freedman

freedma1@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliations Biomoleclular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The work of Dr. Smith was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences contract #GS-00F-0003L to SRA International.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WAB CJP JHF. Performed the experiments: JRR DWS. Analyzed the data: WAB MVS GEK CJP. Wrote the paper: WAB MVS CJP JHF.