About the Authors

Patrick L. Jones

Current address: Genzyme Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Gregory M. Pask

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ian M. Romaine

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Paul R. Reid

Current address: United States Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alex G. Waterson

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Gary A. Sulikowski

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Laurence J. Zwiebel

l.zwiebel@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Global Health and Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLJ GMP IMR RWT PRR AGW GAS LJZ. Performed the experiments: PLJ GMP RWT. Analyzed the data: PLJ GMP IMR RWT PRR AGW GAS LJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMR PRR. Wrote the paper: PLJ GMP IMR RWT PRR AGW GAS LJZ.