About the Authors

Masako Osada

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Logan Jardine

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Ruth Misir

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas Andl

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah E. Millar

Affiliation Departments of Dermatology and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mark Pezzano

mpezzano@sci.ccny.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO SEM MP. Performed the experiments: MO LJ RM TA MP. Analyzed the data: MO LJ RM MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA SEM. Wrote the paper: MO MP.