About the Authors

Michael Marotta

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Helen Piontkivska

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Hisashi Tanaka

tanakah@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM HT. Performed the experiments: MM HP HT. Analyzed the data: MM HP HT. Wrote the paper: MM HT.