About the Authors

Raymond Ching-Bong Wong

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Abel Ibrahim

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Helen Fong

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Noelle Thompson

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Leslie F. Lock

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Peter J. Donovan

pdonovan@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Centre, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC-BW PJD. Performed the experiments: RC-BW AI HF NT. Analyzed the data: RC-BW AI HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJD LFL. Wrote the paper: RC-BW. Review and final approval of manuscript: RC-BW AI HF PJD NT LFL.