About the Authors

Giulia J. Ruben

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Jacob G. Kirkland

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Tracy MacDonough

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Miao Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine Dentistry New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Rudra N. Dubey

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Marc R. Gartenberg

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine Dentistry New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Rohinton T. Kamakaka

rohinton@ucsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RTK MRG. Performed the experiments: GJR JGK TM MC RND. Analyzed the data: GJR JGK MC RND MRG RTK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJR JGK TM MC RND. Wrote the paper: GJR RTK.