About the Authors

Petra A. Tsuji

ptsuji@towson.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America, Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bradley A. Carlson

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Salvador Naranjo-Suarez

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Min-Hyuk Yoo

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xue-Ming Xu

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dmitri E. Fomenko

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Vadim N. Gladyshev

Affiliation Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dolph L. Hatfield

Affiliation Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Cindy D. Davis

Affiliation Office of Dietary Supplements, 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: PAT BAC DLH CDD. Performed the experiments: PAT BAC. Analyzed the data: PAT BAC DLH SNS MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEF XX VNG. Wrote the paper: PAT BAC VNG DLH CDD. Expertise advice: DEF VNG.