About the Authors

John W. Tullai

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Silvia Tacheva

Current address: Immune Disease Institute and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Laura J. Owens

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Julie R. Graham

Current address: Pfizer BioTherapeutics Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Geoffrey M. Cooper

gmcooper@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWT GMC. Performed the experiments: JWT ST LJO JRG. Analyzed the data: JWT GMC. Wrote the paper: JWT GMC.