About the Authors

Alan P. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Sreekanth Puttachary

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Samuel K. Buxton

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Richard J. Martin

rjmartin@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJM APR SP SKB. Performed the experiments: APR SP SKB. Analyzed the data: APR RJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJM APR. Wrote the paper: APR SP SKB RJM.