About the Authors

J. Patrizia Stohn

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, United States of America

Nicole G. Perreault

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, United States of America

Qiaozeng Wang

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, United States of America

Lucy Liaw

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, United States of America

Volkhard Lindner

lindnv@mmc.org

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPS LL VL. Performed the experiments: JPS NGP QW LL VL. Analyzed the data: JPS NGP QW LL VL. Wrote the paper: JPS LL VL.