About the Authors

Rituraj Pal

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Poulami Basu Thakur

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Shumin Li

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Charles Minard

Affiliation Dan L. Duncan Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

George G. Rodney

Rodney@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GGR RP PBT. Performed the experiments: GGR RP SL. Analyzed the data: GGR RP SL CM. Wrote the paper: GGR RP.