About the Authors

Celina Montemayor

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Hufftington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Oscar A. Montemayor

Affiliation Hufftington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alex Ridgeway

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Feng Lin

Affiliation Hufftington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David A. Wheeler

Affiliations Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human Genome Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott D. Pletcher

Affiliations Hufftington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Fred A. Pereira

fpereira@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Hufftington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaringology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM DAW SDP FAP. Performed the experiments: CM OAM AR FL SDP FAP. Analyzed the data: CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OAM SDP FAP. Wrote the paper: CM FAP.