About the Authors

Gokhan Demirkan

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Kebing Yu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Joan M. Boylan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Arthur R. Salomon

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Philip A. Gruppuso

Philip_Gruppuso@brown.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD KY JMB ARS PAG. Performed the experiments: GD KY ARS. Analyzed the data: GD KY ARS PG. Wrote the paper: GD ARS PAG.