About the Authors

John S. House

Affiliation Cell Signaling and Cancer Group, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Songyun Zhu

Affiliation Cell Signaling and Cancer Group, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Rakesh Ranjan

Affiliation Cell Signaling and Cancer Group, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Keith Linder

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert C. Smart

rcsmart@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Cell Signaling and Cancer Group, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSH RCS. Performed the experiments: JSH SZ RR. Analyzed the data: JSH KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCS. Wrote the paper: JSH RCS.