About the Authors

Sarah E. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Altomare Di Benedetto

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

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Vincent E. Sollars

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Donald A. Primerano

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Jagan V. Valluri

Affiliation Department of Biology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Pier Paolo Claudio

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.