About the Authors

David T. Coleman

Contributed equally to this work with: David T. Coleman, Young Hwa Soung

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and FeistWeiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Young Hwa Soung

Contributed equally to this work with: David T. Coleman, Young Hwa Soung

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Stephenson Cancer Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and FeistWeiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Young-Joon Surh

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

James A. Cardelli

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and FeistWeiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Jun Chung

Jun-Chung@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Stephenson Cancer Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and FeistWeiller Cancer Center, 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: DTC Y. Surh Y. Soung JAC JC. Performed the experiments: DTC Y. Soung. Analyzed the data: DTC Y. Soung JAC JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAC JC. Wrote the paper: DTC Y. Soung JAC.