About the Authors

Bahareh Pezeshkian

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Christopher Donnelly

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Kelley Tamburo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Timothy Geddes

Affiliation Radiation Oncology, William Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States of America

Gerard J. Madlambayan

madlamba@oakland.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BP CD KT TG GM. Performed the experiments: BP CD KT TG GM. Analyzed the data: BP CD KT TG GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM. Wrote the paper: BP GM.