About the Authors

Jose Michel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jessica DeLeon-Rangel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Shaotong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Kalie Van Ree

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Steven B. Vik

svik@smu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM SBV. Performed the experiments: JM JDR SZ KV. Analyzed the data: JM SBV. Wrote the manuscript: JM SBV.