About the Authors
- Victor G. Stepanov
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Madhan R. Tirumalai
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Saied Montazari
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Aleksandra Checinska
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Affiliation Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- Kasthuri Venkateswaran
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Affiliation Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- George E. Fox
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* E-mail: fox@uh.edu
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VS GF KV. Performed the experiments: VS AC. Analyzed the data: MT VS SM AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC KV. Wrote the paper: VS GF KV MT AC SM.