About the Authors

Uchenna J. Unachukwu

Affiliation Biochemistry Doctoral Program, The Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Moira Sauane

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Herbert Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Maribel Vazquez

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Stephen Redenti

stephen.redenti@lehman.cuny.edu

Affiliation Biochemistry Doctoral Program, The Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, Department of Biological Sciences, Herbert Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: UU. Analyzed the data: UU MS MV SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV SR. Wrote the manuscript: UU MS MV SR.