About the Authors

Christopher M. Danforth

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Center for Complex Systems, Vermont Advanced Computing Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Thomas Orfeo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Stephen J. Everse

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Kenneth G. Mann

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Kathleen E. Brummel-Ziedins

kathleen.brummel@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMD TO SJE KEBZ. Performed the experiments: CMD. Analyzed the data: CMD TO SJE KGM KEBZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMD KEBZ. Wrote the paper: CMD TO SJE KEBZ.