About the Authors

Yajuan Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yajuan Gao, Claudia A. Bertuccio

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Claudia A. Bertuccio

Contributed equally to this work with: Yajuan Gao, Claudia A. Bertuccio

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Corina M. Balut

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Simon C. Watkins

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Daniel C. Devor

dd2@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YG CAB CMB SCW DCD. Performed the experiments: YG CAB CMB. Analyzed the data: YG CAB CMB SCW DCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCW DCD. Wrote the paper: CAB DCD. Critically reviewed manuscript prior to submission: CAB CMB DCD.