About the Authors

Fortune F. Shea

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jennie L. Rowell

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Yechaowei Li

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tien-Hsien Chang

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Carlos E. Alvarez

alvarez.73@osu.edu

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEA FFS. Performed the experiments: FFS CEA JLR. Analyzed the data: FFS CEA JLR YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THC. Wrote the paper: CEA FFS. Supervised all aspects of the yeast two hybrid studies, which were performed by FFS: THC.