About the Authors

Olga B. Popova

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mariah R. Baker

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tina P. Tran

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tri Le

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Irina I. Serysheva

irina.i.serysheva@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OBP MRB IIS. Performed the experiments: OBP MRB TPT TL IIS. Analyzed the data: OBP MRB TPT TL IIS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OBP MRB TPT TL IIS. Wrote the paper: OBP MRB IIS.