About the Authors

Keita Saito

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shingo Matsumoto

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hironobu Yasui

Affiliations Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Nallathamby Devasahayam

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sankaran Subramanian

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeeva P. Munasinghe

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Vyomesh Patel

Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

J. Silvio Gutkind

Affiliation National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James B. Mitchell

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Murali C. Krishna

murali@helix.nih.gov

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS SM VP JSG JBM MCK. Performed the experiments: KS SM HY VP. Analyzed the data: KS SM VP JSG JBM MCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ND SS JPM. Wrote the paper: KS SM MCK.