About the Authors

Charles J. Vaske

Affiliation Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Carrie House

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Truong Luu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Bryan Frank

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Chen-Hsiang Yeang

chyeang@ias.edu (C-HY); phmnhl@gwumc.edu (NHL); jstuart@soe.ucsc.edu (JMS)

Affiliation Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Norman H. Lee

chyeang@ias.edu (C-HY); phmnhl@gwumc.edu (NHL); jstuart@soe.ucsc.edu (JMS)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Joshua M. Stuart

chyeang@ias.edu (C-HY); phmnhl@gwumc.edu (NHL); jstuart@soe.ucsc.edu (JMS)

Affiliation Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJV CHY NHL JMS. Performed the experiments: CJV CH TL BF NHL JMS. Analyzed the data: CJV CHY NHL JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJV CH TL BF NHL JMS. Wrote the paper: CJV CHY NHL JMS.