About the Authors

Nicholas O. Deakin

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Christoph Ballestrem

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Christopher E. Turner

turnerce@upstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NOD CET. Performed the experiments: NOD. Analyzed the data: NOD CET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB. Wrote the paper: NOD CET CB.