About the Authors

Danielle R. Okoro

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Nicoleta Arva

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Chong Gao

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Alla Polotskaia

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Cindy Puente

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Melissa Rosso

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Jill Bargonetti

Bargonetti@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College and The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRO NA CP MR JB. Performed the experiments: DRO NA CG AP CP MR. Analyzed the data: DRO NA CG AP CP MR JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRO NA JB. Wrote the manuscript: DRO JB. Edited the manuscript: DRO NA AP MR JB.