About the Authors

David M. Roberts

david.roberts@fandm.edu (DMR); peifer@unc.edu (MP)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mira I. Pronobis

Affiliation Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kelly M. Alexandre

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Gregory C. Rogers

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

John S. Poulton

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel E. Schneider

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kuo-Chen Jung

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel J. McKay

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark Peifer

david.roberts@fandm.edu (DMR); peifer@unc.edu (MP)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMR MIP MP. Performed the experiments: DMR KMA MIP GCR JSP DES K-CJ DJM. Analyzed the data: DMR KMA MIP GCR JSP DES K-CJ DJM MP. Wrote the paper: MP.