About the Authors

Binh V. Vu

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kim L. Anthony

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ulrich Strych

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard C. Willson

willson@uh.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BV KA US RW. Performed the experiments: BV KA. Analyzed the data: BV KA US RW. Wrote the paper: BV US RW.