About the Authors

Fatma Simsek-Duran

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Fang Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Wentia Ford

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

R. James Swanson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Howard W. Jones Jr

Affiliation Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Frank J. Castora

castorfj@evms.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJC RJS HWJ FSD. Performed the experiments: FJC RJS FSD FL WF. Analyzed the data: FJC RJS FSD FL WF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJC RJS. Wrote the paper: FJC RJS FSD FL WF HWJ.