About the Authors

Jerel Fields

Current address: Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Irma E. Cisneros

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Kathleen Borgmann

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Anuja Ghorpade

anuja.ghorpade@unthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF AG. Performed the experiments: JF IC. Analyzed the data: JF KB LC AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF AG. Wrote the paper: JF KB AG.