About the Authors

Tatiana D. Sirakova

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Chirajyoti Deb

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Jaiyanth Daniel

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Harminder D. Singh

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Hedia Maamar

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Vinod S. Dubey

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Pappachan E. Kolattukudy

pk@mail.ucf.edu

Affiliation Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PEK. Performed the experiments: TDS CD JD HDS HM VSD PEK. Analyzed the data: TDS CD JD HDS HM VSD PEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TDS CD JD HDS HM VSD PEK. Wrote the paper: TDS JD PEK.