About the Authors

Vijay K. Singh

vijay.singh@usuhs.edu

Affiliations Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Radiation Biology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen Y. Wise

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Oluseyi O. Fatanmi

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jessica Scott

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Patricia L. P. Romaine

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Victoria L. Newman

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amit Verma

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas B. Elliott

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas M. Seed

Affiliation Tech Micro Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Thomas M. Seed has declared that there is no conflict of interest between his consulting work of Tech Micro Services (a sole proprietorship, unincorporated consulting firm) and the subject and content of this paper submitted to PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKS TMS. Performed the experiments: SYW OOF JS PLPR VLN AV TBE. Analyzed the data: VLN PLP. Wrote the paper: VKS SYW VLN PLPR TMS TBE.