About the Authors

Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Quanxi Li

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Milan K. Bagchi

ibagchi@illinois.edu (ICB); mbagchi@life.illinois.edu (MKB)

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Indrani C. Bagchi

ibagchi@illinois.edu (ICB); mbagchi@life.illinois.edu (MKB)

Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKB ICB. Performed the experiments: SN QL. Analyzed the data: SN MKB ICB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN QL. Wrote the paper: SN MKB ICB.