About the Authors

Umesh C. S. Yadav

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Leopoldo Aguilera-Aguirre

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kota V. Ramana

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Istvan Boldogh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Satish K. Srivastava

ssrivast@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KVR SKS. Performed the experiments: UCY LAA. Analyzed the data: UCY KVR IB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAA IB SKS. Wrote the paper: UCY KVR SKS.