About the Authors

Cristina Cellurale

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Cellurale, Claire R. Weston

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Claire R. Weston

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Cellurale, Claire R. Weston

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Judith Reilly

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

David S. Garlick

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

D. Joseph Jerry

Affiliation Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hayla K. Sluss

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roger J. Davis

Roger.Davis@Umassmed.Edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC CRW HKS RJD. Performed the experiments: CC CRW JR DSG. Analyzed the data: CC CRW DSG HKS RJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJJ. Wrote the paper: CC DJJ HKS RJD.