About the Authors

Bryna Erblich

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryna Erblich, Liyin Zhu

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Liyin Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Bryna Erblich, Liyin Zhu

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Anne M. Etgen

Affiliations Dominick Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kostantin Dobrenis

Affiliation Dominick Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey W. Pollard

jeffrey.pollard@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWP AE KD BE. Performed the experiments: BE LZ KD. Analyzed the data: BE LZ AE KD JWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD JWP. Wrote the paper: BE AE KD JWP.