About the Authors

Stephen Klusza

Current address: Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Amanda Novak

Current address: College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Shirelle Figueroa

Current address: College of Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

William Palmer

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Wu-Min Deng

wumin@bio.fsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK WD. Performed the experiments: SK WP AN SF. Analyzed the data: SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WD. Wrote the paper: SK WD.