About the Authors

Sunyoung Kim

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Sri Kripa Balakrishnan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

David S. Gross

dgross@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSG. Performed the experiments: SK SKB. Analyzed the data: DSG SK SKB. Wrote the paper: DSG SK.