About the Authors

Daniel Lockshon

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Carissa Perez Olsen

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Christopher L. Brett

Current address: Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Andrei Chertov

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alexey J. Merz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daniel A. Lorenz

Affiliation Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, United States of America

Marc R. Van Gilst

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Brian K. Kennedy

bkennedy@buckinstitute.org

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL CLB AJM MRVG BKK. Performed the experiments: DL CPO AC DAL. Analyzed the data: DL CPO CLB AC AJM MRVG BKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLB AJM MRVG. Wrote the paper: DL BKK AJM.