About the Authors

Michael Kovochich

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Matthew D. Marsden

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jerome A. Zack

jzack@ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, 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: MK MDM JAZ. Performed the experiments: MK MDM. Analyzed the data: MK MDM JAZ. Wrote the paper: MK MDM JAZ.