About the Authors

Marie L. Nydam

Current address: Division of Science and Mathematics, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Nikolai Netuschil

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Erin Sanders

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Adam Langenbacher

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Daniel D. Lewis

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Daryl A. Taketa

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Arumugapradeep Marimuthu

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Andrew Y. Gracey

Affiliation Department of Marine Environmental Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anthony W. De Tomaso

detomaso@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Affiliation Department of MCD Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN NN ES DL AM AL DT AG AD. Performed the experiments: MN NN ES DL AM AL DT AG AD. Analyzed the data: MN AG AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the paper: MN AD.