About the Authors

Didem Demirbas

Current address: Division of Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Arlene R. Wyman

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masami Shimizu-Albergine

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ozgur Cakici

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph A. Beavo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Charles S. Hoffman

hoffmacs@bc.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD ARW MS-A OC JAB CSH. Performed the experiments: DD ARW MS-A OC. Analyzed the data: DD ARW MS-A OC JAB CSH. Wrote the paper: DD ARW MS-A OC JAB CSH.