About the Authors

Fei Yan

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yang Yu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dar-Chone Chow

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Timothy Palzkill

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Franck Madoux

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Peter Hodder

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Peter Chase

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Patrick R. Griffin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Bert W. O'Malley

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David M. Lonard

dlonard@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY DML BWO. Performed the experiments: FY. Analyzed the data: FY DML BWO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY DCC TP FM PH PC PRG. Wrote the paper: FY DML BWO.