About the Authors

Casey M. Holliday

hollidayca@missouri.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Nicholas M. Gardner

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMH. Performed the experiments: CMH NMG. Analyzed the data: CMH NMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMH. Wrote the paper: CMH NMG.