About the Authors

Sandeep P. Ravindranath

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Kristene L. Henne

Affiliation Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, United States of America

Dorothea K. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Joseph Irudayaraj

josephi@purdue.edu

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI DT SR KH. Performed the experiments: SR KH. Analyzed the data: SR KH JI DT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JI DT SR KH. Wrote the manuscript: SR KH JI DT.