About the Authors

Luiz Felipe M. Prota

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Liudmila Cebotaru

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jie Cheng

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jerry Wright

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Neeraj Vij

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marcelo M. Morales

mmorales@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

William B. Guggino

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WBG MMM. Performed the experiments: NV LFMP WBG MMM LC. Analyzed the data: JC JW NV LFMP WBG MMM LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WBG. Wrote the paper: LFMP MMM WBG LC.