About the Authors

Reiko Sanokawa-Akakura

Contributed equally to this work with: Reiko Sanokawa-Akakura, Weihuan Cao

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Weihuan Cao

Contributed equally to this work with: Reiko Sanokawa-Akakura, Weihuan Cao

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Kirsten Allan

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Khyati Patel

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Anupama Ganesh

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Gary Heiman

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Richard Burke

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Francis W. Kemp

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

John D. Bogden

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

James Camakaris

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Raymond B. Birge

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Mary Konsolaki

konsolaki@biology.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBB MK. Performed the experiments: RSA WC KA KP AG. Analyzed the data: RSA RBB MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAH RB FK JB. Wrote the paper: RSA JC RBB MK.