About the Authors

Sanjana Sudarshan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Sasi B. Kodathala

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Amruta C. Mahadik

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Isha Mehta

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Brian W. Beck

bbeck@twu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS BWB. Performed the experiments: SS SBK ACM IM BWB. Analyzed the data: SS SBK ACM IM BWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SBK ACM IM BWB. Wrote the paper: SS BWB.