About the Authors
- Sarah E. Kelly
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Altomare Di Benedetto
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Adelaide Greco
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, CEINGE-Advanced Biotechnology, s.c.ar.l., Naples, Italy, Department of Biomorphological and Functional Science, University of Naples “Federico II”, and IBB-CNR, Naples, Italy
- Candace M. Howard
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Vincent E. Sollars
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Donald A. Primerano
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Jagan V. Valluri
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Pier Paolo Claudio
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* E-mail: claudiop@marshall.edu
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PPC. Performed the experiments: SK ADB AG CMH. Analyzed the data: SK ADB CMH JV PPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS PPC. Wrote the paper: CMH VS DP JV PPC.