About the Authors

Corrie A. Painter

Contributed equally to this work with: Corrie A. Painter, Anthony Cruz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anthony Cruz

Contributed equally to this work with: Corrie A. Painter, Anthony Cruz

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Gustavo E. López

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Lawrence J. Stern

lawrence.stern@umassmed.edu (LS); zarixiazavala@vmail.uprrp.edu (ZZ)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zarixia Zavala-Ruiz

lawrence.stern@umassmed.edu (LS); zarixiazavala@vmail.uprrp.edu (ZZ)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS ZZ CP AC GL. Performed the experiments: CP AC. Analyzed the data: LS ZZ CP AC GL. Wrote the paper: LS ZZ CP AC GL.