About the Authors

Natalie R. Gassman

Current address: National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Jill E. Clodfelter

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Anita K. McCauley

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Keith Bonin

Affiliation Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Freddie R. Salsbury Jr

Affiliations Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Karin D. Scarpinato

kscarpin@wfubmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRG JEC AKM KB FRS KDS. Performed the experiments: NRG JEC AKM KB FRS KDS. Analyzed the data: NRG AKM KB FRS KDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NRG JEC AKM KB FRS. Wrote the paper: NRG AKM KB FRS KDS. Designed the biophysical analysis: KB AKM. Obtained plasmids: KDS.