About the Authors

Bethany T. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Xunshan Ding

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jamie Boney-Montoya

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Robert D. Gerard

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Steven A. Kliewer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Matthew T. Andrews

mandrews@d.umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BTN XD RDG SAK MTA. Performed the experiments: BTN XD RDG JBM. Analyzed the data: BTN XD JBM RDG SAK MTA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BTN XD JBM RDG SAK MTA. Wrote the paper: BTN XD JBM RDG SAK MTA.