About the Authors

Benjamin D. Pope

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Koji Tsumagari

Affiliation Human Genetics Program, Department of Biochemistry, and Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Dana Battaglia

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Tyrone Ryba

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Ichiro Hiratani

Current address: Biological Macromolecules Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Melanie Ehrlich

ehrlich@tulane.edu (ME); gilbert@bio.fsu.edu (DMG)

Affiliation Human Genetics Program, Department of Biochemistry, and Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

David M. Gilbert

ehrlich@tulane.edu (ME); gilbert@bio.fsu.edu (DMG)

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDP KT IH ME DMG. Performed the experiments: KT DB IH BDP. Analyzed the data: BDP KT TR ME DMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDP KT TR ME DMG. Wrote the paper: BDP KT ME DMG.