About the Authors

David A. Knecht

david.knecht@uconn.edu (DAK); gabriel.fenteany@uconn.edu (GF)

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Rebecca A. LaFleur

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Alem W. Kahsai

Current address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Christian E. Argueta

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Anwar B. Beshir

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Gabriel Fenteany

david.knecht@uconn.edu (DAK); gabriel.fenteany@uconn.edu (GF)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAK GF. Performed the experiments: DAK RL AWK CEA ABB. Analyzed the data: DAK RL AWK CEA ABB GF. Wrote the paper: DAK GF.