About the Authors

Walter N. Moss

Contributed equally to this work with: Walter N. Moss, Lumbini I. Dela-Moss

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Lumbini I. Dela-Moss

Contributed equally to this work with: Walter N. Moss, Lumbini I. Dela-Moss

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Elzbieta Kierzek

Affiliation Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Noskowskiego, Poland

Ryszard Kierzek

Affiliation Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Noskowskiego, Poland

Salvatore F. Priore

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Douglas H. Turner

turner@chem.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN LIDM DHT. Performed the experiments: WN LIDM EK. Analyzed the data: WN LIDM EK DHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFP EK RK. Wrote the paper: WM LIDM EK DHT.