About the Authors

Christopher M. Brennan

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher M. Brennan, Nicholas Q. Mazzucca

Current address: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nicholas Q. Mazzucca

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher M. Brennan, Nicholas Q. Mazzucca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Taylor Mezoian

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Taylor M. Hunt

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Meaghan L. Keane

Current address: Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jessica N. Leonard

Current address: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Shelby E. Scola

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Emma N. Beer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sarah Perdue

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Brett J. Pellock

bpellock@providence.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMB NQM TMH BJP. Performed the experiments: CMB NQM TM TMH MLK JNL SES ENB BJP. Analyzed the data: CMB NQM TMH BJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP. Wrote the paper: CMB NQM TM TMH BJP.