About the Authors

Lucas C. Reineke

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yu Cao

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Engineering Management, Information and Systems, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Diane Baus

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Nasheed M. Hossain

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, The Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William C. Merrick

wcm2@cwru.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR YC DB WM. Performed the experiments: LR YC DB. Analyzed the data: LR YC WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR YC DB NH. Wrote the paper: LR WM.