About the Authors

Juan Nunez-Iglesias

Affiliation Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chun-Chi Liu

Affiliation Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Todd E. Morgan

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Caleb E. Finch

cefinch@usc.edu (CEF); xjzhou@usc.edu (XJZ)

Affiliation Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xianghong Jasmine Zhou

cefinch@usc.edu (CEF); xjzhou@usc.edu (XJZ)

Affiliation Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNI TEM CEF XJZ. Performed the experiments: TEM CEF. Analyzed the data: JNI CCL XJZ. Wrote the paper: JNI. Helped with the writing: CEF XJZ.